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Direct linkRoderick, Melissa; Nagaoka, Jenny; Allensworth, Elaine – Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, 2005
In 1996, Chicago became the epicenter for this debate when it "ended social promotion" in the third, sixth, and eighth grades. While not the first, Chicago's initiative has been the most sustained to date and has produced the clearest evidence of positive as well as negative results. Test scores rose rapidly after the institution of…
Descriptors: Testing, Social Promotion, High Stakes Tests, Scores
