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Moreno, Samson Alexander – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Purpose: Four purposes were present in this journal-ready dissertation. The first purpose was to examine the degree to which the percentage of beginning teachers in traditionally configured elementary, middle, and secondary Texas schools differed as a function of two distinction designations (i.e., Academic Achievement in Reading/English Language…
Descriptors: Teacher Characteristics, Student Characteristics, Accountability, Beginning Teachers
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Wilkins, C. – Regional Educational Laboratory Southwest (NJ1), 2008
REL Southwest received a request to review the report "Avoidable Losses: High Stakes Accountability and the Dropout Crisis" to assess the soundness of the study methodology and the appropriateness of the conclusions drawn in the report. The review found that conclusions drawn in this study cannot be generalized and are significantly…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Academic Achievement, Ethnography, Statistical Analysis
Johnstone, Christopher; Thurlow, Martha; Moore, Michael; Altman, Jason – National Center on Educational Outcomes, University of Minnesota, 2006
The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) and other recent changes in federal legislation have placed greater emphasis on accountability in large-scale testing. Included in this emphasis are regulations that require assessments to be accessible. States are accountable for the success of all students, and tests should be designed in a way that…
Descriptors: Measurement, Outcomes of Education, Inferences, Federal Legislation