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Blaise, Jean G. – Urban Education, 2018
This article reports on a 3-year ethnographic study in a Boston Public school of the performance of Haitian students on the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) and its lasting and likely impact upon them. MCAS is a mandated exam required for students to graduate from high school. Although there are certain provisions for students…
Descriptors: High Stakes Tests, Accountability, High School Students, Foreign Students
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Louie, Josephine; Rhoads, Christopher; Mark, June – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2014
Recent federal legislation, such as the "No Child Left Behind Act" of 2001 and the "Education Sciences Reform Act (ESRA)" of 2002, has insisted that educational evaluations use rigorous research designs with quantitative outcome measures. In particular, the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) at the U.S. Department of…
Descriptors: Regression (Statistics), Research Design, Curriculum Evaluation, Algebra