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Download full textWheelock, Anne – 2003
Scores on the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) tests are used to select exemplary schools in Massachusetts, and the schools thus identified can receive awards from three different programs. This study examined the evidence about the use of MCAS scores to assess school quality. These three programs use MCAS to identify exemplary…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Awards, Educational Quality, Excellence in Education
