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Direct linkLowe, Ramona – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The primary purpose of this study was to provide quantitative data on the use of released Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) exams as benchmark test instruments in a sample population. Teachers have expressed concern over "teaching to the test," especially with the use of benchmark testing. This study was specifically…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, High Stakes Tests, State Standards, Educational Testing
Hogan-Newsome, Patricia Marie – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The 2001 No Child Left Behind Act required states to report graduation rates as a condition of high school accountability for receipt and use of federal Title I funds, and to set growth targets that would ensure all students graduate from high school. It also reaffirmed the long-standing national policy that graduation rates be used as the…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Goal Orientation, Graduation, Educational Indicators
