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Ruchi Agarwal-Rangnath; Richard Ayers – Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, 2024
In this mixed-methods study, we seek to understand the impact of the California Subject Examination for Teachers (CSET) on the makeup of the teacher pipeline. We are specifically interested in exploring how teachers of color are impacted by these tests when seeking to enter the teacher workforce. Findings from the data, both qualitative and…
Descriptors: Teacher Certification, Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Minority Group Teachers
Brenda Sharia Perkins Burgo – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Is the achievement gap real? Using a mixed-methods approach, this study reframed standardized testing through a Quantitative Critical and Black Critical lens. It interrogated the deficit framing of Black student achievement by asking the following questions: (1) To what extent do the aggregated standardized test scores for Black students in…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, African American Students, Standardized Tests, Scores
Timothy A. May – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this nonexperimental correlational quantitative research design is to examine if there is a relationship between parents' understanding of summative student score reports and accessing further resources online, while also examining the relationship between parents' comprehension of the summative student score report and other…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Standardized Tests, Scores, Knowledge Level
Cleon M. McLean – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This non-consecutive, three-year qualitative study explored the testing experiences of high school juniors who used Chromebooks to take their Smarter Balanced Standardized Assessments (SBAC) in English Language Arts and Mathematics. The study began in 2015, the first year in which SBAC was administered to students across California and other…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Computer Assisted Testing, Standardized Tests, Student Evaluation
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Julian R. Betts; Andrew C. Zau; Karen Volz Bachofer; Dina Polichar – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2024
The paper evaluates math performance at four high-need middle schools during a four-year intervention, which was designed to help math teachers diagnose students' areas of need and to design lesson plans responsive to those needs. Before the intervention began, the researchers pre-selected four comparison schools by matching based on achievement…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Middle School Students, Intervention, Mathematics Instruction
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Lyndon Huling; Cynthia Sommer; Ira Young – Impacting Education: Journal on Transforming Professional Practice, 2024
Today, we revisit our initial stance of eliminating standardized test scores from the college admissions process to improve equity and student diversity. With refreshed data about test-optional admissions, we address the import of institutional responsiveness to redress persistent equity gaps that impact our state's workforce diversity and hiring…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Admission, Access to Education, Equal Education