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Peer reviewedRosenshine, Barak – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2003
Reanalyzed data evaluated by A. Amrein and D. Berliner, using a comparison group of states that did not attach consequences to their statewide tests. States that did attach consequences outperformed states that did not, showing meaningful carryover from attaching consequences to statewide testing. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedAmrein-Beardsley, Audrey; Berliner, David C. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2003
Reanalysis of data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress continues to support the position that high-stakes tests do not do much to improve academic achievement. Data indicate that the extent to which states with high-stakes tests outperform those without remains indeterminable. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textVirginia State Dept.of Education, Richmond. Div. of Assessment and Reporting. – 1999
Beginning in Spring 1998, Virginia students participated in the Standards of Learning (SOL) Assessments designed to test student knowledge of the content and skills specified in the state's standards. This document contains questions that approximately 83,000 students in grade 3 were required to answer as part of the SOL assessments. These…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, Grade 3, History
Virginia State Dept.of Education, Richmond. Div. of Assessment and Reporting. – 1999
Beginning in Spring 1998, Virginia students participated in the Standards of Learning (SOL) assessments designed to test student knowledge of the content and skills specified in the state's standards. This document contains questions that approximately 80,000 students in grade 5 were required to answer as part of the SOL assessments. These…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, Computer Science, Grade 5
Virginia State Dept.of Education, Richmond. Div. of Assessment and Reporting. – 1999
Beginning in Spring 1998, Virginia students participated in the Standards of Learning (SOL) assessments designed to test student knowledge of the content and skills specified in the state's standards. This document contains questions that approximately 79,000 students in grade 8 were required to answer as part of the SOL assessments. These…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, Computer Science, Grade 8
Virginia State Dept.of Education, Richmond. Div. of Assessment and Reporting. – 1999
Beginning in Spring 1998, Virginia students participated in the Standards of Learning (SOL) assessments designed to test student knowledge of the content and skills specified in the state's standards. This document contains questions that students were required to answer as part of the SOL End-of-Course assessments. These questions are…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, Algebra, Biology
