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Huang Wu; Jianping Shen; Xin Li; Megan Russell Johnson; Huilan Y. Krenn – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2025
Michigan's Great Start Readiness Program (GSRP) is a state-funded pre-K program that serves at risk four-year-old children across the state. Utilizing longitudinal data from 1,394 children in a mid-sized urban school district, we conducted regression analyses and piecewise linear growth models to examine the growth trajectory of GSRP children and…
Descriptors: State Programs, School Readiness, Preschool Education, At Risk Students
Blackorby, Jose; Taylor, Cornelia; Wei, Xin – IDEA Data Center, 2016
Educators are using growth models for a variety of accountability, instructional planning, and evaluation purposes in U.S. schools. This white paper, with a focus on special education populations, provides state and local education personnel with an overview of issues to consider with growth models, a look at models currently in use, and a…
Descriptors: Growth Models, Special Education, Outcomes of Education, State Programs
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Xu, Xianxuan; Grant, Leslie W.; Ward, Thomas J. – NASSP Bulletin, 2016
This study examines the validity of a statewide teacher evaluation system in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Three hundred and thirty-eight teachers from 16 at-risk schools located in eight school districts participated in an evaluation system pilot during the 2011-2012 academic year. Teachers received ratings on six teacher effectiveness process…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Validity, State Programs, Scores
Petrilli, Michael J.; Griffith, David; Wright, Brandon L. – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2016
A companion piece to "High Stakes for High Achievers: State Accountability in the Age of ESSA," this report appraises states' current (or planned) accountability systems as they affect high-achieving students in high school. They were examined and rated based on whether they incorporate under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) the…
Descriptors: High Stakes Tests, Accountability, State Regulation, State Standards