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Download full textFroman, Terry; Brown, Shelly – Research Services, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, 2009
According to Florida Law, students must pass the Grade 10 FCAT, among other academic requirements, in order to receive a standard high school diploma. Specifically, students must achieve a "passing" score of 300 or above on both the FCAT SSS Reading and the FCAT SSS Mathematics tests. Technically, students can retake the FCAT as many times as they…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Testing, Repetition, Graduation Requirements
Froman, Terry; Brown, Shelly – Research Services, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, 2009
References to FCAT results dominate the appraisal of students, schools, and districts. Yet, with all these reports of scores and grades it is not easy to spot extraordinary performance. It is the purpose of this paper to introduce Performance Flags--a new look to FCAT statistics that can help Miami-Dade district in the simple and speedy detection…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Academic Achievement, High Achievement, Local Norms
Froman, Terry; Brown, Shelly; Tirado, Arleti – Research Services, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, 2008
The teacher's task of assigning letter grades to students and the public's interpretation of them can be perplexing. Does the student's grade represent the level of achievement, the gain in achievement, or some combination of the two? Is the student's effort included in the grade, or are high achievers given good marks regardless of effort? Are…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Grades (Scholastic), Standardized Tests, Grade Equivalent Scores
Froman, Terry; Brown, Shelly; Luzon-Canasi, Angela – Research Services, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, 2008
This study duplicated the procedures used by Greene and Winters (2006) on data from the Miami-Dade school system with the advantage of an additional two year's worth of information. The results indicated that the effects of the retention policy are far from clear and arguably negative. There is considerable evidence to suggest that the apparent…
Descriptors: Grade Repetition, School Holding Power, Evidence, Educational Policy
Froman, Terry; Brown, Shelly; Tirado, Arleti – Research Services, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, 2008
Advanced Placement courses are offered at M-DCPS for students to acquire college credit or advanced college academic standing. A system has been developed in the past by the College Board to use the PSAT for 10th grade students to estimate their potential for AP Examination success. The same test has recently been applied in this district to 9th…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, Academic Achievement, College Credits, Prediction
Froman, Terry; Brown, Shelly; Lapadula, Maria – Research Services, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, 2008
This Research Brief presents a method for predicting 10th grade Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) success from 6th grade FCAT performance. A simple equation provides the most probable single score prediction, and give-or-take error margins define high and low probability zones for expected 10th grade scores. In addition, a double-entry…
Descriptors: Low Achievement, Mathematics Tests, Probability, Grade 6
