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Cohen, Dale J.; Zhang, Jin; Wothke, Werner – Applied Measurement in Education, 2019
Construct-irrelevant cognitive complexity of some items in the statewide grade-level assessments may impose performance barriers for students with disabilities who are ineligible for alternate assessments based on alternate achievement standards. This has spurred research into whether items can be modified to reduce complexity without affecting…
Descriptors: Test Items, Accessibility (for Disabled), Students with Disabilities, Low Achievement
Success for All Foundation, 2004
Mississippi elementary schools using the Success for All reading program have once again made outstanding gains on the Mississippi Curriculum Test (MCT) reading scale. Students in grades 2-5 in Success for All schools gained 7.8 percentage points in students scoring at proficient or advanced from 2002 to 2004. Mississippi students as a whole…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Reading Instruction, Reading Achievement, Achievement Gains