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Shellman, David W. – 1992
The paradox of site-based school management with use of standardized tests or instructional management systems that restrict teacher choices was evident in one school district in North Carolina in which measurement of student success has centered on student performance on state-mandated tests. A study was conducted to see if students whose…
Descriptors: Accountability, Communication Skills, Comparative Testing, Criterion Referenced Tests
New Orleans Public Schools, Louisiana. Dept. of Educational Accountability. – 1994
This report examines absenteeism and its relationship to performance on the California Achievement Tests (CAT) and the Graduation Exit Examinations (GEE) administered in the New Orleans (Louisiana) public schools in the spring of 1993. It also focuses on the need to report test data in a manner that more accurately reflects a district's…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Attendance, Criterion Referenced Tests