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ERIC Number: EJ1323722
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 14
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: EISSN-2332-8584
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Estimating Test-Score Growth for Schools and Districts with a Gap Year in the Data
Fazlul, Ishtiaque; Koedel, Cory; Parsons, Eric; Qian, Cheng
AERA Open, v7 n1 Jan-Dec 2021
We evaluate the feasibility of estimating test-score growth for schools and districts with a gap year in test data. Our research design uses a simulated gap year in testing when a true test gap did not occur, which facilitates comparisons of district- and school-level growth estimates with and without a gap year. We find that growth estimates based on the full data and gap-year data are generally similar, establishing that useful growth measures can be constructed with a gap year in test data. Our findings apply most directly to testing disruptions that occur in the absence of other disruptions to the school system. They also provide insights about the test stoppage induced by COVID-19, although our work is just a first step toward producing informative school- and district-level growth measures from the pandemic period.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Missouri
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