Significance of Test-based Ratings for Metropolitan Boston Schools

Creator

Craig Bolon

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Publisher

Arizona State University, University of South Florida

Publication Date

October 2001

Abstract

In 1998 Massachusetts began state-sponsored, annual achievement testing of all students in three public school grades. It has created a school and district rating system for which scores on these tests are the sole factor. It proposes to use tenth-grade test scores as a sole criterion for high school graduation, beginning with the class of 2003. The state is treating scores and ratings as though they were precise educational measures of high significance. A review of tenth-grade mathematics test scores from academic high schools in metropolitan Boston showed that statistically they are not. ...

Extent

57

Geographic Location

Boston (Mass.)

Volume

9

Issue

42

Language

English

Media Type

Journals (Periodicals)

Format

Digital Only

Note

Citation: Bolon, C. (2001, October 16). Significance of Test-based Ratings for Metropolitan Boston Schools. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 9(42). Retrieved [date] from http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v9n42.html.

Identifier

E11-00239

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Recommended Citation

Bolon, Craig, "Significance of Test-based Ratings for Metropolitan Boston Schools" (2001). Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA). 91.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/usf_EPAA/91