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Rodriguez, Awilda; McKillip, Mary E. M.; Niu, Sunny X. – College Board, 2013
In this report, the authors examine the impact of scoring a 1 or 2 on an AP® Exam in 10th grade on later AP Exam participation and performance. As access to AP courses increases within and across schools, a growing number of students are taking AP courses and exams in the earlier grades of high school. Using a matched sample of AP and no-AP…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, College Entrance Examinations, High School Students, Grade 10
Wang, Jia; Schweig, Jonathan D.; Herman, Joan L. – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2014
Magnet schools are one of the largest sectors of choice schools in the United States. In this study, we explored whether there is heterogeneity in magnet school effects on student achievement by examining the effectiveness of 24 recently funded magnet schools in 5 school districts across 4 states. We used a two-step analysis: First, separate…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Success, School Effectiveness, Magnet Schools
Schafer, William D.; Papapolydorou, Maria; Rahman, Taslima; Parker, Lori – Online Submission, 2005
Possible relationships between five test examiner characteristics (gender, race, tenure, experience as a test administrator, and experience as a test developer or scorer) and six student achievement scores (reading, writing, language usage, mathematics, science, and social studies) were studied at the school level in a statewide assessment. The…
Descriptors: Intervals, Academic Achievement, Test Validity, Examiners