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School Awards Programs and Accountability in Massachusetts: Misusing MCAS Scores To Assess School Quality.
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Wheelock, Anne – 2002
This paper makes the case that the high-stakes testing and accountability program currently in place in Massachusetts misuses scores from the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) to select particular schools as exemplary. School awards and recognition programs in Massachusetts imply that score gains are equivalent to school…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests