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ERIC Number: ED606987
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2017-Jun
Pages: 23
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Math Acceleration in WCPSS Elementary and Middle Schools: Implementation and Impact. DRA Report No. 17.00
Lenard, Matthew
Wake County Public School System
Since 2014, the Wake County Public School System has implemented single subject acceleration (SSA) as a way to provide students with access to advanced mathematics courses. This report includes three main findings related to the implementation and impact of SSA. First, a disproportionately large percentage of male, Asian and academically/intellectually gifted students were nominated, qualified and accelerated compared with their female, Black and Hispanic/Latino counterparts. Second, roughly two-thirds of students who qualified for SSA in mathematics actually proceeded to take the accelerated course. Third, near the qualifying cutoff score, accelerated students performed similarly to their non-accelerated counterparts, suggesting that SSA had no significant achievement effects--positive or negative--for students who were accelerated. We recommend that staff expand the visibility of SSA in order to inform more diverse populations, identify potential causes of non-acceleration among qualifiers, explore options for assessing content-level mastery, and maintain the 80% qualifying CASE [Collaborative Assessment Solutions for Educators] score for SSA mathematics.
Wake County Public School System. 5625 Dillard Drive, Cary, NC 27518. Tel: 919-431-7215; Fax: 919-431-7193; e-mail: wcpss-data-accountability@wcpss.net; Web site: www.wcpss.net
Publication Type: Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Wake County Public School System (WCPSS), Data, Research, and Accountability Department
Identifiers - Location: North Carolina
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