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Starr Sackstein – ASCD, 2024
The single greatest authority on student learning is the student doing the learning--but the right structures must be in place for students' voices to be clearly heard and truly valued. Conventional formative and summative assessment are most often conducted through one-size-fits-all quizzes and tests that yield narrow, predetermined categories of…
Descriptors: Student Participation, Vignettes, Standardized Tests, Grading
Alfred S. Lewis III – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Principals serve as the instructional leader of their schools and teaching staff, a critical role in leading science achievement. In a racially diverse K-8 public school district in New Jersey, elementary principals are challenged to provide instructional support to teachers who are struggling to teach science to elementary students performing…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Principals, Science Instruction, Instructional Leadership
Judy M. Endres – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Two-year colleges provide access and opportunity for students with various academic backgrounds to pursue a post-secondary education. While two-year colleges take pride in admitting any student with a high school diploma or equivalent, in recent years colleges have been under scrutiny for low completion and graduation rates. Particular attention…
Descriptors: Student Placement, Two Year Colleges, Evaluation Methods, Student Evaluation
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Noelle Arnold; Rhodesia McMillian – Journal of Educational Supervision, 2024
This case explores a newly implemented Strategic Education Plan, spearheaded by Principal John Barlow, which has added some tensions and sparked concerns among parents and teachers that the myopic focus on standardized test scores risks erasing the cultural richness that defines the school. The narrative explores the complexities of balancing…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Accountability, Standardized Tests, Elementary Schools
Indiana Department of Education, 2024
The Indiana Department of Education's (IDOE's) Accessibility and Accommodations Information for Statewide Assessments is a document intended for school-level personnel and decision-making teams as they prepare for and implement Indiana statewide assessments. Information is provided for school personnel as a reference to inform guidance on…
Descriptors: Measurement, Statewide Planning, Standardized Tests, Academic Accommodations (Disabilities)
Indiana Department of Education, 2024
The 2024-2025 Indiana Assessments Policy Manual communicates established guidelines regarding appropriate test administration in Indiana for key stakeholders including educators and Test Coordinators. This document contains policy guidance and appendices that delineate specific aspects of test implementation, including test security protocol,…
Descriptors: Testing, Guidelines, Educational Policy, Standardized Tests
David N. Figlio; Cassandra Hart; Krzysztof Karbownik – Cato Institute, 2024
Charter schools have been growing in the United States and worldwide over the past two decades, and there is considerable interest in how they affect students remaining in traditional public schools (TPSs). Charter schools present important policy questions, as they often compete for the same students, educators, and resources as TPSs. This brief…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Competition, Public Schools, Traditional Schools
Jasmine Dutton Kessler – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Teachers in 13 states are evaluated using value-added models (VAMs), a measure of student growth on standardized tests. The problem is that value-added models evaluate intermediate-level teachers' ability to have students perform on a standardized assessment despite other factors affecting students' academic performance, such as socioeconomic…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, Self Efficacy, Teacher Attitudes, Standardized Tests
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Jeffrey T. Steedle; Jason D. Way – Educational Assessment, 2024
Despite lack of standardization, high school grade-point average (HSGPA) is frequently the best single predictor of first-year postsecondary GPA (FYGPA). This study evaluated the extent to which HSGPA reflected standardized test scores, social-emotional learning (SEL) competencies, demographics, and high-school characteristics. Dominance analysis…
Descriptors: High School Students, Grade Point Average, Predictor Variables, College Freshmen
Kaitlyn C. Billops – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Since the enactment of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) in 2004, there has been a notable increase in the enrollment of students receiving special education services (National Center for Education Statistics [NCES], 2022). However, despite advancements in special education programming and service delivery, academic…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Special Education, Academic Achievement, Program Effectiveness
Gwendolyn Elizabeth Rains – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Stereotype threat effect (STE) is a psychosocial phenomenon that can cause performance decrements on standardized tests. The purpose of this quantitative study was to explore standardized test construct through the lens of intelligence theories as a potential mediator for STE for low socioeconomic status (LSES) students in rural Arkansas schools.…
Descriptors: Low Income Students, Socioeconomic Status, Social Bias, Stereotypes
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Todaro, Francesca; Pizzorni, Nicole; Scarponi, Letizia; Ronzoni, Clara; Huckabee, Maggie-Lee; Schindler, Antonio – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2021
Background: The Test of Masticating and Swallowing Solids (TOMASS) is an international standardized swallowing assessment tool. However, its psychometric characteristics have not been analysed in patients with dysphagia. Aims: To analyse TOMASS's (1) inter- and intra-rater reliability in a clinical population of patients with dysphagia, (2)…
Descriptors: Physical Disabilities, Test Reliability, Test Validity, Standardized Tests
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Burkhardt, Amy; Lottridge, Susan; Woolf, Sherri – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2021
For some students, standardized tests serve as a conduit to disclose sensitive issues of harm or distress that may otherwise go unreported. By detecting this writing, known as "crisis papers," testing programs have a unique opportunity to assist in mitigating the risk of harm to these students. The use of machine learning to…
Descriptors: Scoring Rubrics, Identification, At Risk Students, Standardized Tests
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Wagner, Paul A. – Interchange: A Quarterly Review of Education, 2021
With mathematics education dominated by practices of standardized test alignment, the quest for mathematical understanding is adrift despite so much talk about the importance of STEM subject matters. To add to the confusion there has long been worries among educators about any curricular programs or instructional practices that can be labeled…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Standardized Tests, Educational Practices, Teaching Methods
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Madelaine, Charline; Benguigui, Nicolas; Molina, Michèle – Journal of Motor Learning and Development, 2021
This review addresses the question of a possible specificity of motor development of preterm children with no diagnosis of neurological impairment or major cerebral lesion. With that goal, we proceed with a narrative review on the basis of nine studies. All the studies used standardized assessments of motor abilities with a comparison methodology…
Descriptors: Psychomotor Skills, Motor Development, Premature Infants, Neurological Impairments
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