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ERIC Number: EJ1379985
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 21
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0964-5292
EISSN: EISSN-1469-5782
Low-Stakes Standardized Tests in British Columbia, Canada: System Accountability and/or Individual Feedback?
Filiasov, Sergei; Sweetman, Arthur
Education Economics, v31 n2 p145-165 2023
A jurisdiction-wide zero-stakes Foundational Skills Assessment administered in grade 4 in British Columbia, Canada, used a three-point scale to publicly disseminate aggregate school/district-level results, and a five-point scale to convey results to students/parents. For a variety of long-term outcomes, a regression discontinuity analysis shows a positive, but modest in magnitude, 'system accountability' effect for girls who fall just below the lowest threshold on the three-point scale for reading. For numeracy the findings are less precise but suggest a positive 'feedback effect' for girls who fall just below the highest five-point scale cut-off. No statistically significant effects are observed for boys.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 4; Intermediate Grades
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Location: Canada
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