Add to ORKGEver since the passage of No Child Left Behind in 2002, high stakes testing has been at the forefront of education debate. Though these reforms are frequently meant to help underperforming schools, there may be unintended effects on high performing districts. This study examines the impact of the Massachusetts high stakes testing scheme (MCAS) by analyzing high school dropout rates, future plans of graduating seniors, and SAT results. I find evidence that high stakes accountability has had an insignificant, if not relatively negative, impact on low achieving districts and that Massachusetts students have not improved compared to national trends
The article focuses on the key issues that have emerged on high-stakes testing and its use as a high...
Issues related to student, teacher, and school accountability have been at the forefront of current ...
An important criticism of high-stakes testing policies – policies that reward or sanction schools ba...
Education reform has spawned efforts to test learning across the nation. This paper analyzes the det...
For the past 20 years Massachusetts has used a high-stakes, test-based accountability system for the...
The growing prominence of high-stakes exit examinations has made questions about their effects on st...
textThis study examines the consequences of high stakes testing on minority and economically disadv...
Which is more equitable, teacher-assigned grades or high-stakes tests? Nationwide, there is a growin...
High-stakes testing affects students and educators all over the United States. Though high-stakes te...
*Massachusetts Beginning with the class of 2003, all Massachusetts students must pass the state&apos...
Author Institution: Dept of Educational Psychology, Ball State UniversityHigh stakes tests are defin...
Within the national and state contexts of increased anxiety about student achievement and ratcheted ...
Standardized testing has exploded into nearly every grade level and subject area in public education...
The purpose of this study was to assess the efficacy of high stakes testing as a school reform polic...
The recent federal education bill, No Child Left Behind, requires states to test students in grades ...
The article focuses on the key issues that have emerged on high-stakes testing and its use as a high...
Issues related to student, teacher, and school accountability have been at the forefront of current ...
An important criticism of high-stakes testing policies – policies that reward or sanction schools ba...
Education reform has spawned efforts to test learning across the nation. This paper analyzes the det...
For the past 20 years Massachusetts has used a high-stakes, test-based accountability system for the...
The growing prominence of high-stakes exit examinations has made questions about their effects on st...
textThis study examines the consequences of high stakes testing on minority and economically disadv...
Which is more equitable, teacher-assigned grades or high-stakes tests? Nationwide, there is a growin...
High-stakes testing affects students and educators all over the United States. Though high-stakes te...
*Massachusetts Beginning with the class of 2003, all Massachusetts students must pass the state&apos...
Author Institution: Dept of Educational Psychology, Ball State UniversityHigh stakes tests are defin...
Within the national and state contexts of increased anxiety about student achievement and ratcheted ...
Standardized testing has exploded into nearly every grade level and subject area in public education...
The purpose of this study was to assess the efficacy of high stakes testing as a school reform polic...
The recent federal education bill, No Child Left Behind, requires states to test students in grades ...
The article focuses on the key issues that have emerged on high-stakes testing and its use as a high...
Issues related to student, teacher, and school accountability have been at the forefront of current ...
An important criticism of high-stakes testing policies – policies that reward or sanction schools ba...