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ERIC Number: ED280884
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1987-Jan
Pages: 62
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Ranking of Schools by Reading Achievement, 1986. OEA Analytic Report.
Halfar, Christine; Falletta, John
This document contains 49 pages of tables presenting data ranking schools' reading achievement in New York City. Scores are from the Degrees of Reading Power test administered in grades 3 to 10 in 1986. This report complies with the New York City Decentralization Law's requirement that each school be ranked by the percentage of pupils reading at or above grade level. Any school falling in the bottom 45 percent is allowed to hire its teaching personnel through alternative procedures. It is strongly suggested that these data alone not be used as a measure of school effectiveness, especially in terms of selecting a school. Reading grade level is defined as the median score, or fiftieth percentile, established by the test publisher. For each grade, this score divides the sample into an upper and lower half. To compute the school rank, the score of each student was compared with the grade level score from the test publisher's norms, and the number of students scoring at or above that point was determined. Data on limited English speaking students and results from the 1985 test, using the California Achievement Tests, are also included. (GDC)
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Numerical/Quantitative Data
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn. Office of Educational Assessment.
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