Are Increasing Test Scores in Texas Really a Myth, or is Haney's Myth a Myth?

Creator

Laurence A. Toenjes
A. Gary Dworkin

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Publisher

Arizona State University, University of South Florida

Publication Date

March 2002

Abstract

Pass rates by Texas tenth-graders on the high school exit exam improved from 52 percent in 1994 to 72 percent in 1998. In his article "The Myth of the Texas Miracle in Education" (EPAA, August 2000) Professor Walt Haney argued that some part of this increased pass rate was, as he put it, an illusion. Haney contended that the combined effects of students dropping out of school prior to taking the 10th grade TAAS and special education exemptions accounted for much of the increase in TAAS pass rates. Relying on the same methodology and data that Haney used, we demonstrate that his conclusion is incorrect. ...

Extent

11

Geographic Location

Texas

Volume

10

Issue

17

Language

English

Media Type

Journals (Periodicals)

Format

Digital Only

Note

Citation: Toenjes, L.A. and Dworkin, A.G. (2002, March 21). Are increasing test scores in Texas really a myth, or is Haney's myth a myth? Education Policy Analysis Archives, 10(17). Retrieved [date] from http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v10n17/.

Identifier

E11-00265

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Recommended Citation

Toenjes, Laurence A. and Dworkin, A. Gary, "Are Increasing Test Scores in Texas Really a Myth, or is Haney's Myth a Myth?" (2002). Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA). 406.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/usf_EPAA/406