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Benson, Lauren – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This executive position paper identifies preferred modes of communication for parents and guardians in a small New Jersey Public School District. Research was conducted because there has been an unprecedented test refusal initiative by parents and guardians of New Jersey Public School Students who are mandated to sit for Partnership for Assessment…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Resistance (Psychology), School Districts, Compliance (Legal)
Decuir, Erica L. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
High stakes testing is popularly examined in educational research, but contemporary analyses tend to reflect a qualitative or quantitative research design (e.g., Au, 2007; Cochran-Smith & Lytle, 2006; Gamble, 2010). Exhaustive debate over the relative success or failure of high stakes testing is often framed between competing visions of…
Descriptors: High Stakes Tests, Educational Change, Student Evaluation, State Standards
Mathis, Frankie Eubanks – ProQuest LLC, 2012
With increased emphasis on accountability, the use of low-stakes test data to make high-stakes decisions about program effectiveness is on the rise. In order to make valid inferences about what students know and can do, it is crucial to understand the consequences of low and high stakes in testing contexts. As a result, with a sample comprised of…
Descriptors: High Stakes Tests, Academic Achievement, Program Effectiveness, Grade 11
Baker, Nicholas John – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study examines the problem of inconsistent achievement in social studies on the Delaware State Testing Program (DSTP) at a high school in Delaware. Since 2002, the district began an initiative to create common assessments for all core content areas that were meant to align with the state standards. In social studies, that initiative was the…
Descriptors: United States History, Testing Programs, State Standards, Grade 11
Knight, Sharon Byrd – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This dissertation examined perceptions of superintendents, principals and teachers about South Carolina's Palmetto Achievement Challenge Test or the Palmetto Assessment of State Standards testing program. A systemic sample of 729 superintendents, principals, and teachers were selected to participate in the study. A survey was emailed to the…
Descriptors: Testing Programs, Federal Legislation, Opinions, State Standards