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Peer reviewedBuly, Marsha Riddle; Valencia, Sheila W. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2002
Studied beyond students' failing scores on a state reading assessment to investigate the needs of struggling students and implications for policy. Results for 108 students in 17 elementary schools suggest that scores on state tests mask distinctive and multifaceted patterns of students'reading abilities that require dramatically different…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Educational Policy, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Peer reviewedStecher, Brian M.; Klein, Stephen P. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1997
Estimates of the costs of including hands-on measures of science skills in a large-scale assessment program were derived from a field trial involving more than 2,000 fifth and sixth graders. Results suggest that complexity makes hands-on assessments more than three times as expensive as open-ended writing assessments. (SLD)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Costs, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Peer reviewedBlank, Rolf K.; Espenshade, Pamela H. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1988
A 50-state survey was conducted to determine state indicators of quality of science and mathematics instruction in elementary schools. Data are summarized for (1) policies affecting amount of instruction; (2) state requirements for science and mathematics teacher certification; and (3) state testing programs in science and mathematics. (SLD)
Descriptors: Administrators, Comparative Analysis, Educational Policy, Educational Quality
