ERIC Number: ED286892
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1987-Jan
Pages: 331
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Quantitative Analysis of Curriculum Effectiveness: 1986.
Camayd-Freixas, Yohel; Donahue, Maryellen F.
This report is designed to provide numerical data about student performance on the curriculum of the Boston (Massachusetts) Public Schools (BPS) as measured by curriculum referenced tests (CRTs). BPS Department of Educational Testing analyzed data from the 1986 CRT final exams in: reading and language arts (grades K-8), high school English (six levels), mathematics (grades 1-8), high school mathematics (nine levels), science (grades K-8), high school science (six levels), social studies (grades 3-8), U.S. History and Civics, Spanish I and II, and French I. BPS curriculum guides direct instruction in most subjects. Since each curriculum guide is matched with a curriculum referenced test, assessment of the extent to which students meet specific objectives set forth in the guides is possible. This analysis is used to identify strengths and deficits in curriculum implementation or instruction as measured by student CRT performance. Results may be used for specific intervention at the school level or for discerning school district patterns. The report contains descriptions of each instrument, the specific curriculum objectives addressed by the CRT, the student population, system strengths and weaknesses, and extensive tables presenting school-by-school analyses of percent of correct responses to each test item. (MDE)
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Numerical/Quantitative Data
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Indiana Univ., Bloomington. Russian and East European Inst.
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