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Download full textHenderson, Susan; Petrosino, Anthony; Guckenburg, Sarah; Hamilton, Stephen – Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast & Islands, 2007
This report examines a Massachusetts pilot program for quarterly benchmark exams in middle-school mathematics, finding that program schools do not show greater gains in student achievement after a year. But that finding might reflect limited data rather than ineffective benchmark assessments. Benchmark assessments are used in many districts…
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, Academic Achievement, Benchmarking, Middle Schools
Peer reviewedAltaffer, Fred; Fisher, William – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1992
Issues involved in applying the needs assessment model of the Colorado Social Health Survey to planning and management in Massachusetts are reviewed. The methodology in this special issue provides a new paradigm for mental health needs assessment in general and will be valuable in the Massachusetts plan specifically. (SLD)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Health Needs, Mental Health Programs, Models
