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Download full textTexas Education Agency, Austin. – 1992
This report presents the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS) performance results to state officials and the public as required by state law. Compiled in two volumes, TAAS results are aggregated and reported for the state as a whole, for education service centers and individual districts, and in district demographic groupings. Section 1…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedHaney, Walt – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2001
Cites evidence that questions the conclusion in Skrla and others article that Texas test-based accountability system has improved educational equity and social justice for racial minority students. (PKP)
Descriptors: Accountability, Board of Education Policy, Data Interpretation, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedSkrla, Linda; Scheurich, James Joseph; Johnson, Joseph F., Jr.; Koschoreck, James W. – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2001
Skrla and others rejoinder to Klien and Haney wherein they agree in part and disagree in part with points raised in both commentary responses. Reiterate their support for potential of test-based accountability systems to improve educational equity and social justice for racial minority students. (PKP)
Descriptors: Accountability, Board of Education Policy, Data Interpretation, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedKlein, Stephen P. – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2001
Citing the results of National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) exams, author disputes conclusion in Skrla and others article that Texas high-stakes accountability system significantly increased educational equity and social justice for racial minority students. (PKP)
Descriptors: Accountability, Data Interpretation, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Burley, Hansel – American School Board Journal, 2001
Disappointing high-stakes test results matter far less than the type of future citizens that schools produce. Citizenship values (teamwork, leadership, and neighborliness) are not assessed well by multiple-choice exams. Poor performers should not be segregated, data should be reinterpreted, and remediation should stress tutoring interventions, not…
Descriptors: Accountability, Citizenship Education, Data Interpretation, Elementary Secondary Education
Texas Education Agency, Austin. Office of Policy Planning and Research. – 1998
"Snapshot '97," the 10th edition of this publication, provides information about students, student performance, staffing, and the financing of Texas public school districts. This annual summary is a useful source of information for anyone interested in the demographics of Texas schools, the resources available, and the improvements that…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Charter Schools, College Entrance Examinations
