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Peer reviewedGoycochea, Bonnell B. – Educational Leadership, 1998
By comparing how students performed before and after a schoolwide writing program, a California middle school with a low-scoring reputation discovered that it ranked second in the district in steady student improvement. Effects of reporting the school's value-added results were overwhelmingly positive. Staff and students were finally recognized…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Equal Education, Evaluation Criteria, Intermediate Grades
