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Do Higher State Test Scores in Texas Make for Better High School Outcomes? Research Report.
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Carnoy, Martin; Loeb, Susanna; Smith, Tiffany L. – 2001
Texas has apparently achieved great success in closing the gap between advantaged and disadvantaged students, at least in the lower grades. Texas students in all grades have made substantial gains on the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS). The effect of TAAS-type accountability on student performance in the higher grades is important,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Achievement Gains, Disadvantaged Youth
You Get What You Measure, You Get What You Don't: Higher Standards, Higher Test Scores, More Retention in Grade. Report No. 29.
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Gottfredson, Gary D. – 1988
This study examined one urbanized Southeastern county school district's experience in attempting to implement an educational reform program that called, among other things, for higher standards. By focusing on standardized norm-based and criterion-referenced educational tests administered to students according to grade level, this school system…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Educational Practices
Mastery Learning.
Mississippi State Dept. of Education, Jackson. Div. of Instruction. – 1984
This is the final report of an annual Mississippi study, conducted for the first time in February of 1984, which provides baseline data for measuring improvement of school practices in key arenas. Its primary goals were to identify the extent to which children master one level of course work before being advanced to the next level, to determine…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives
Bilingual/ESL Education: Program Evaluation Report.
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1988
The statewide overview of Texas bilingual and English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) programs for limited-English-speaking public school students reports results of a survey concerning program and student characteristics and successful instructional practices. Data for bilingual and ESL programs are considered separately. Student characteristics…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Classroom Research, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education
The State Report on Grade Level Retention of Students as of October 1992. A Report from the State Board of Education, Submitted to the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Speaker, and the Seventy-Third Texas Legislature.
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Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1993
As mandated by state law, the Texas Education Agency presents a summary of data relating to grade-level retention of students reported by grade, ethnicity, and gender. The reported total number of students who repeated a grade in Texas schools in 1992-93 was 118,888. An additional 3,243 students, or 1.24% of the first grade, were placed in…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Age Differences, Dropout Rate, Educational Trends