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Mandeville, Garrett K. – 1986
South Carolina's School Incentive Reward Program Program (SIRP) based on year-to-year gains in reading and mathematics achievement, which seemed to have face validity, was evaluated, particularly its use of the relative gains of students in only the highest grade in the school as the basis for the awards. When this requirement was relaxed so that…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Achievement Rating, Achievement Tests
Beal, Judy – Schools in the Middle, 1997
Describes a system employed by a middle school to improve performance scores on the Comprehensive Testing of Basic Skills (CTBS), through aggressive attitude changes, to ensure fiscal and other benefits. Notes characteristics of the approach, including realistic goals, student involvement, student responsibility, community involvement, student…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, Attitude Change, Educational Testing
