What Do Test Scores in Texas Tell Us?

Creator

Stephen P. Klein
Laura S. Hamilton
Daniel F. McCaffrey
Brian M. Stecher

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Publisher

Arizona State University, University of South Florida

Publication Date

October 2000

Abstract

We examine the results on the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS), the highest-profile state testing program and one that has recorded extraordinary recent gains in math and reading scores. To investigate whether the dramatic math and reading gains on the TAAS represent actual academic progress, we have compared these gains to score changes in Texas on another test, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). ...

Extent

22

Geographic Location

Texas

Volume

8

Issue

49

Language

English

Media Type

Journals (Periodicals)

Format

Digital Only

Identifier

E11-00193

Creative Commons

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.

Recommended Citation

Klein, Stephen P.; Hamilton, Laura S.; McCaffrey, Daniel F.; and Stecher, Brian M., "What Do Test Scores in Texas Tell Us?" (2000). Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA). 63.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/usf_EPAA/63