Middle school administrators have expressed concerns that the report card ratings for their schools are based exclusively on student PACT performance while the results from the standards-based End of Course tests taken by their students are included only in the school district ratings. In response to these concerns, a methodology was devised to include End of Course test results along with PACT results for the calculation of middle school Absolute Ratings. This report describes that methodology, presents the results from simulations based on the methodology, and makes recommendations regarding the adoption of the methodology
After the No Child Left Behind Act was legislated, it became necessary for states to target specific...
Secondary teachers across the United States are being asked to use formative assessment data (Black ...
American education has made many attempts to reform its structure during the last several decades. M...
The criteria for assigning school and district report card ratings were established based on data fr...
The tasks performed for this proposal were to simulate the inclusion of PACT Science and Social Stu...
The A – F Accountability System, which has been adopted by 33.00% of the states, is the most widely...
The purpose of this study was to determine if there was a correlation between the implementation of ...
The purpose of this study was to determine if there was a correlation between the implementation of ...
There is increased policy interest in extending the test-based evaluation framework in K-12 educatio...
The purpose of this study was to discover how students in San Marcos Middle School were able to disc...
Schools are struggling to meet the accountability demands for increased student achievement associat...
The committee reviewed the current method for calculating high school ratings; the 2002 report card ...
Beginning with the 2004-2005 school year, school district absolute and improvement rating indexes w...
Since the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, there has been an urgency in the overall academic accoun...
Instruction in public schools today is highly prescribed to meet state standards, which, in turn, pr...
After the No Child Left Behind Act was legislated, it became necessary for states to target specific...
Secondary teachers across the United States are being asked to use formative assessment data (Black ...
American education has made many attempts to reform its structure during the last several decades. M...
The criteria for assigning school and district report card ratings were established based on data fr...
The tasks performed for this proposal were to simulate the inclusion of PACT Science and Social Stu...
The A – F Accountability System, which has been adopted by 33.00% of the states, is the most widely...
The purpose of this study was to determine if there was a correlation between the implementation of ...
The purpose of this study was to determine if there was a correlation between the implementation of ...
There is increased policy interest in extending the test-based evaluation framework in K-12 educatio...
The purpose of this study was to discover how students in San Marcos Middle School were able to disc...
Schools are struggling to meet the accountability demands for increased student achievement associat...
The committee reviewed the current method for calculating high school ratings; the 2002 report card ...
Beginning with the 2004-2005 school year, school district absolute and improvement rating indexes w...
Since the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, there has been an urgency in the overall academic accoun...
Instruction in public schools today is highly prescribed to meet state standards, which, in turn, pr...
After the No Child Left Behind Act was legislated, it became necessary for states to target specific...
Secondary teachers across the United States are being asked to use formative assessment data (Black ...
American education has made many attempts to reform its structure during the last several decades. M...