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Download full textJohn P. Papay; Ann Mantil; Richard J. Murnane – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2022
Many states use high-school exit examinations to assess students' career and college readiness in core subjects. We find meaningful consequences of barely passing the mathematics examination in Massachusetts, as opposed to just failing it. However, these impacts operate at different educational attainment margins for low-income and higher-income…
Descriptors: High School Students, Exit Examinations, Low Achievement, Scores
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Many states use high-school exit examinations to assess students' career and college readiness in core subjects. We find meaningful consequences of barely passing the mathematics examination in Massachusetts, as opposed to just failing it. However, these impacts operate at different educational attainment margins for low-income and higher-income…
Descriptors: High School Students, Exit Examinations, Low Achievement, Scores
John P. Papay; Ann Mantil; Richard J. Murnane; Ian M. Ferguson; James Lopresti; Preeya P. Mbekeani; Aubrey McDonough; Emma Zorfass – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2024
Across Massachusetts, legislators, policymakers, educators, families, and communities are engaged in important conversations about whether to continue using student performance on the MCAS tests as part of the state's high-school graduation requirements. This document presents lessons drawn from 15-plus years of research on educational opportunity…
Descriptors: Graduation Requirements, High School Students, College Enrollment, Grades (Scholastic)
Rennie Center for Education Research & Policy, 2022
Each year, the Rennie Center collects a set of key indicators in the Data Dashboard to provide context on the status of education in the Commonwealth. This data is collected from the MA Department of Early Education and Care; MA Department of Elementary and Secondary Education; MA Department of Higher Education; U.S. Census Bureau; U.S. Department…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, COVID-19, Pandemics
