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Download full textGoldschmidt, Pete; Choi, Kilchan; Martinez, Felipe – US Department of Education, 2004
Monitoring school performance increasingly uses sophisticated analytical techniques. This document investigates whether one such method, hierarchical growth modeling, yields consistent school performance results when different metrics are used as the outcome variable. It is examined as to whether statistical and substantive inferences are altered…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Models, Data Analysis, Academic Achievement
