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The Problem with "Proficiency": Limitations of Statistics and Policy under No Child Left Behind
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Ho, Andrew Dean – Educational Researcher, 2008
The Percentage of Proficient Students (PPS) has become a ubiquitous statistic under the No Child Left Behind Act. This focus on proficiency has statistical and substantive costs. The author demonstrates that the PPS metric offers only limited and unrepresentative depictions of large-scale test score trends, gaps, and gap trends. The limitations…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Pilot Projects, Measures (Individuals), Cutting Scores