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Download full textBlazer, Christie – Research Services, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, 2012
This Information Capsule answers the most frequently asked questions about M-DCPS' academic performance during the 2011-2012 school year. Over the past year, the Florida Department of Education made over 28 changes to the school grading formula, including the transition to new, more rigorous assessments, new accountability components, and…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Academic Achievement, School Effectiveness, Grading
Blazer, Christie – Research Services, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, 2008
Researchers and policymakers have pointed to the lagging scores of eighth graders on international, national, and state assessments as evidence that students are not prepared to meet high academic standards and that middle grades reform is needed. In response to these concerns, educators have introduced reforms designed to provide middle-level…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Educational Change, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Grade 8
Froman, Terry; Rubiera, Vilma – Research Services, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, 2005
Student scores on the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) tests are increasingly being used for administrative purposes. Promotion and placement decisions are largely governed by FCAT performance. Although efforts are made to make the FCAT scores available as soon as possible, for some purposes they are not on hand when needed.…
Descriptors: Student Placement, Scores, Standardized Tests, Prediction
