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Direct linkTindal, Gerald; Nese, Joseph F. T.; Stevens, Joseph J. – Educational Assessment, 2017
For the past decade, the accountability model associated with No Child Left Behind (NCLB) emphasized proficiency on end of year tests; with Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) the emphasis on proficiency within statewide testing programs, though now integrated with other measures of student learning, nevertheless remains a primary metric for…
Descriptors: Testing Programs, Middle School Students, Models, State Standards
Sanford, Eldis E. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) focuses on accountability for student achievement by mandating higher educational standards that are monitored through required annual student testing. The Complementary Assistance Learning Program (CALP), a before and after school tutoring and mentoring service, offers a potential means of accelerating the…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Test Results, Federal Legislation, Educational Testing
Walser, Nancy, Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2011
This edited volume covers the range of critical trends in the use of computers and other devices for classroom teaching, online learning, professional development, school improvement, and student assessment. "Spotlight on Technology in Education" draws on expert sources including teacher-leaders, librarians, researchers, and trainers who…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Electronic Publishing, Video Games, Online Courses
Download full textChudowsky, Naomi; Chudowsky, Victor; Kober, Nancy – Center on Education Policy, 2009
This report is the first in a series of reports describing results from the Center on Education Policy's (CEP's) third annual analysis of state testing data. The report provides an update on student performance at the proficient level of achievement, and for the first time, includes data about student performance at the advanced and basic levels.…
Descriptors: Scores, Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Achievement Gains
Chudowsky, Naomi; Chudowsky, Victor – Center on Education Policy, 2009
Many in the research and policy worlds have taken for granted the existence of a phenomenon known as the "plateau effect," wherein test scores rise in the early years of a test-based accountability system and then level off. Drawing from our database of reading and math test results from all 50 states going back as far as 1999, the…
Descriptors: Test Results, Testing Programs, Federal Legislation, Academic Achievement
Chamberlin, James L. – AASA Journal of Scholarship & Practice, 2007
Over the past five years the Colorado Department of Education (CDE) has used the results of the Colorado Student Assessment Program (CSAP) to rate public school performance on the School Accountability Report (SAR). The public often considers the school ratings as indicative of the school's quality. There appears to be a lack of quantitative…
Descriptors: Testing Programs, Poverty, Academic Achievement, School Size
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. – 2000
This document presents, in tabular form, results for the Wisconsin Knowledge and Concepts Examinations for grade 8, spring 2000 (the 1999-2000 school year). Results are presented for the state' s total eighth grade population eligible to be tested and for each school district and school in Wisconsin. Test results are reported for reading, language…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Achievement Tests, Grade 8
