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ERIC Number: EJ755990
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007-Jan-8
Pages: 18
Abstractor: Author
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1537-7903
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The Role of Demographics and Opportunities to Learn in Predicting Performance on a High-Stakes Test
Shriberg, David
Journal of Applied School Psychology, v23 n1 p59-76 Jan 2007
High-stakes testing has emerged as a central feature of the educational landscape in primary and secondary schools in the United States. Despite this prominence, there is a paucity of guidance available to practitioners on how they can best make predictions about student performance based on available test data. While achievement gaps based on demographics are widely known, less commonly analyzed are differences in opportunities to learn. Results from the first group of students in Massachusetts required to take a state-created exam in order to graduate from high school indicated that both demographics and courses taken were significant predictors of performance. Recommendations for analyzing test data and for promoting more comprehensive and culturally responsive assessment and curriculum practices are offered.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: High Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Massachusetts
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