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Download full textFroman, Terry; Brown, Shelly – Research Services, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, 2009
References to FCAT results dominate the appraisal of students, schools, and districts. Yet, with all these reports of scores and grades it is not easy to spot extraordinary performance. It is the purpose of this paper to introduce Performance Flags--a new look to FCAT statistics that can help Miami-Dade district in the simple and speedy detection…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Academic Achievement, High Achievement, Local Norms
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Direct linkCohen-Vogel, Lora; Osborne-Lampkin, La'Tara – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2007
Background: School leaders argue that to make the improvements in both quality and equity that government mandates demand, they need more flexibility with regard to personnel management--specifically, teacher assignment. According to some, such flexibility is constrained by collective bargaining between teachers unions and school districts.…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, School Districts, Collective Bargaining, Local Norms
Froman, Terry – Research Services, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, 2005
The purpose of this paper is to promote local norms as a new way of reporting Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) results for Miami-Dade County district. The norms would: (1) show a student's relative standing in the district, and (2) show the student's growth compared to similar students. This paper presents questions about local norms,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Local Norms, Achievement Tests, Test Results
