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Skill Performance Comparability of Two Algebra Programs on an Eighth-Grade Population. What Works Clearinghouse Detailed Study Report
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Peters (1992) reports that students in the intervention and control groups showed gains on the Orleans-Hanna test during the course of the school year (that is, from pretest to posttest). However, the test score gains of the two groups did not differ significantly. There was no evidence that the Saxon Algebra curriculum (intervention) was more or…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Intervention, Scores, Control Groups
Connected Mathematics and the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills. What Works Clearinghouse Brief Study Report
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Schneider found no statistically significant differences between the intervention and comparison groups on the school-level Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS) analyzed in the study. The findings may have been affected by only three schools implementing more than one-third of the total math problems in each year and grade. In addition, the…
Descriptors: High Stakes Tests, Student Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, Academic Achievement