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Direct linkUjifusa, Andrew – Education Week, 2012
As states begin to demand more rigor on their high-stakes tests--and the tests evolve to incorporate revised academic standards--many officials are gambling that an initial wave of lower scores will give way to greater student achievement in the future. Changes to statewide tests and subsequent plummeting scores sparked controversy and emergency…
Descriptors: High Stakes Tests, Difficulty Level, Academic Standards, State Standards
Taylor, Rosemarye T.; Watson, Rebecca – Principal Leadership, 2013
Increasing the rigor of learning tasks to align with the expectations in the Common Core State Standards presents challenges for many educators, particularly for middle and high school teachers of nonproficient readers. In this article, the authors describe a number of these challenges and identify four steps that together, create a systematic…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Difficulty Level, Middle School Students, Middle School Teachers
Download full textACT, Inc., 2016
This report provides information about the performance of Florida's 2016 graduating seniors who took the ACT as sophomores, juniors, or seniors; and self-reported at the time of testing that they were scheduled to graduate in 2016. Beginning with the Graduating Class of 2013, all students whose scores are college reportable, both standard and…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Access to Education
Sawchuk, Stephen – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2010
Most experts in the testing community have presumed that the $350 million promised by the U.S. Department of Education to support common assessments would promote those that made greater use of open-ended items capable of measuring higher-order critical-thinking skills. But as measurement experts consider the multitude of possibilities for an…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Test Items, Comparative Analysis, Multiple Choice Tests
ACT, Inc., 2012
This report provides information about the performance of Florida's 2012 graduating seniors who took the ACT as sophomores, juniors, or seniors; and self-reported at the time of testing that they were scheduled to graduate in 2012 and tested under standard time conditions. This report focuses on: (1) Performance: student test performance in the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Academic Standards, Access to Information
Achieve, Inc., 2004
High school graduation exams are in place in nearly half the states, and more than half the nation's high school students have to pass them to earn a diploma. After a detailed analysis of the mathematics and English language arts exams in Florida, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Ohio and Texas, Achieve reached three conclusions: (1) Tests are…
Descriptors: High Schools, Graduation, High School Graduates, Exit Examinations
