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Direct linkMarcotte, Dave E. – Economics of Education Review, 2007
In the economics of education, no task has been more important or more difficult than identifying the relationship between school inputs and student performance. The literature on this topic has reached little resolution, largely owing to the endogeneity of school resources. In this paper I examine the effect of a vital but little studied…
Descriptors: Economics, Productivity, Performance Based Assessment, Performance Tests
Parke, Carol S.; Lane, Suzanne – Journal of Educational Research, 2008
The authors describe research on the extent to which mathematics classroom activities in Maryland were aligned with Maryland learning outcomes and the Maryland School Performance Assessment Program (MSPAP; Maryland State Department of Education, 1995, 2000). The study was part of a larger research project (S. Lane, C. S. Parke, & C. A. Stone,…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Performance Based Assessment, Performance Tests, Teaching Methods
Parke, Carol S.; Lane, Suzanne – Elementary School Journal, 2007
The purpose of the study reported in this article was to provide empirical evidence of students' views about a state performance assessment and its effects in science and social studies classrooms in Maryland. We developed 2 student questionnaires, 1 for each subject, and administered them to a statewide, stratified random sample of students in…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Federal Legislation, Grade 4, Questionnaires
Lane, Suzanne; Parke, Carol S.; Stone, Clement A. – Educational Assessment, 2002
The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of the Maryland School Performance Assessment Program (MSPAP) and the Maryland Learning Outcomes (MLOs) on mathematics classroom instruction and assessment practices, professional development, and student learning. The data sources included questionnaires for principals, mathematics teachers, and…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Middle Schools, Mathematics Instruction, Performance Tests
Download full textAchieve, Inc., 2005
Achieve was asked by the Washington State Academic Achievement and Accountability Commission, Office of the Superintendent for Public Instruction, and the Partnership for Learning to conduct a study of the 10th grade Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL). The intent of the study was to compare the content, rigor and passing scores on…
Descriptors: Writing Tests, Reading Tests, Academic Achievement, Mathematics Tests
O'Brien, Rosemary, Comp. – 1976
Provided is a manual describing a model for early childhood services for visually impaired children (birth to school readiness) developed in Montgomery County, Maryland; presenting the philosophical framework from which the services were developed; and providing some field-tested strategies for intervention with the children and their families.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Conceptual Schemes, Early Childhood Education, Exceptional Child Research
