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Download full textAllensworth, Elaine; Correa, Macarena; Ponisciak, Steve – Consortium on Chicago School Research, 2008
The majority of Chicago Public Schools (CPS) students are not attaining the ACT scores they are aiming for, which they need to qualify for scholarships and college acceptance. This report looks at the reasons behind students' low performance and what matters for doing well on this test. CPS students are highly motivated to do well on the ACT, and…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, Test Coaching, Standards, Educational Change
Donovan, Colleen; Figlio, David; Rush, Mark – National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research, 2007
This paper presents the first evidence of the effects of school accountability systems on the long-term human capital development of high-performing, college-bound students. The results are mixed. On the one hand, the evidence is consistent that school accountability sanction threats are associated with changes in student study habits. Students…
Descriptors: Test Preparation, Test Coaching, Review (Reexamination), Context Effect
Srikantaiah, Deepa; Zhang, Ying; Swayhoover, Lisa – Center on Education Policy, 2008
In the winter and spring of 2007-08, the Center on Education Policy (CEP) expanded its ongoing research on the impact of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) by conducting case studies of six schools in Rhode Island to learn more about the influence of NCLB and related state accountability policies on curriculum, instruction, and student…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Observation, State Standards, Standardized Tests
