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Direct linkDakroub, Mistie; Hendricks, Randy; Hammonds, Craig – Educational Research Quarterly, 2020
The use of standardized assessments to monitor the success and productivity of public school systems in the United States is arguably a necessary component of state accountability systems. This research study is not intended to challenge the compulsion of accountability via testing, but the results of this study do raise questions regarding the…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Special Education, Students with Disabilities, Standardized Tests
Download full textAllen, Jeff – ACT, Inc., 2014
This report focuses on the initial development of the predicted score paths for ACT Aspire reporting. The paths provide predicted score ranges for the next two years--as well as predicted ACT score ranges for tests administered at grades 9 and 10. Longitudinal ACT Aspire data for students tested in spring 2013 and spring 2014, as well as…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Career Readiness, Achievement Tests, Scores
Blazer, Christie – Research Services, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, 2012
This Information Capsule answers the most frequently asked questions about M-DCPS' academic performance during the 2011-2012 school year. Over the past year, the Florida Department of Education made over 28 changes to the school grading formula, including the transition to new, more rigorous assessments, new accountability components, and…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Academic Achievement, School Effectiveness, Grading
Marks, Gary N. – Australian Journal of Education, 2014
This paper examines changes in demographic and socioeconomic inequalities in student achievement over the school career, and the extent that these inequalities are accounted for by other influences such as, region and socioeconomic background (where appropriate), school differences and prior achievement. The data analysed are from a longitudinal…
Descriptors: Social Differences, Socioeconomic Status, Academic Achievement, Longitudinal Studies
McMillen, Brad – Wake County Public School System, 2010
In 2008-09, results from End-of-Grade (EOG) reading and mathematics tests in WCPSS continued to demonstrate an upward trend across grade levels and student subgroups. Disaggregation of results by ethnicity, income level, disability status, and English proficiency status showed that achievement gaps between historically underperforming subgroups…
Descriptors: Multiple Choice Tests, Reading Tests, Mathematics Tests, Achievement Tests
