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Download full textMcCall, Martha S.; Hauser, Carl; Cronin, John; Kingsbury, G. Gage; Houser, Ronald – Northwest Evaluation Association, 2006
The difference between the academic performance of poor students and wealthier students and between minority students and their non-minority peers is commonly known as the achievement gap. The current study examines the achievement gap using a large sample of students from a wide variety of school districts across the United States. It examines…
Descriptors: Minority Groups, Academic Achievement, School Districts, Reading Achievement
Direct linkCronin, John; Kingsbury, G. Gage; McCall, Martha S.; Bowe, Branin – Northwest Evaluation Association, 2005
This report represents the first in a yearly series of studies investigating the impact of the No Child Left Behind act on the achievement of students in the United States. This series will use achievement information from a broad sample of students and schools to provide evidence about the changes that have occurred since the law passed. This…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Ethnic Groups, Academic Achievement, Scores
McCall, Martha S.; Kingsbury, G. Gage; Olson, Allan – Northwest Evaluation Association, 2004
The current study investigates the effect of adding an individual growth measure to the primary definition of AYP. A variety of approaches to measuring growth have already been identified and are in use in schools across the country. In almost every statewide assessment system, a measure of the amount that individual students change from one …
Descriptors: Academic Standards, State Standards, Academic Achievement, Measurement Techniques
