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What Do We Know About: Declining (or Rising) Student Achievement?
Rothstein, Richard – 1997
Available test score evidence does not support the common claim that student achievement has declined. On the other hand, the existing evidence cannot be used to prove that student achievement has risen. This paper offers reasons why student achievement in the past cannot be compared accurately with student achievement today: (1) tests, curricula,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Assessment, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education