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Allen, Jeff M.; Mattern, Krista – ACT, Inc., 2019
States and districts have expressed interest in administering the ACT® to 10th-grade students. Given that the ACT was designed to be administered in the spring of 11th grade or fall of 12th grade, the appropriateness of this use should be evaluated. As such, the focus of this paper is to summarize empirical evidence evaluating the use of the ACT…
Descriptors: Test Validity, College Entrance Examinations, High School Students, Grade 10
Allen, Jeff; Bassiri, Dina; Noble, Julie – ACT, Inc., 2009
Educational accountability has grown substantially over the last decade, due in large part to the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. Accordingly, educational researchers and policymakers are interested in the statistical properties of accountability models used for NCLB, such as status, improvement, and growth models; as well as others that are not…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, High School Students, Accountability, Statistical Analysis