Are there any winners in high-stakes mathematics testing? A qualitative case study exploring student, parent and teacher attitudes towards NAPLAN numeracy tests in years 3 and 5 [PDF]
, 2016 Through the annual implementaion of National Assessment Program - Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN), testing of mathematical standards across Australia invokes questions about the impact that high-stakes testing has for the teaching and learning of ...
Cranley, L, Hine, G
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Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Purpose Air pollution has been linked to several neurological conditions, including stroke and neurodegenerative diseases. Evidence regarding its association with multiple sclerosis (MS) remains conflicting, limited by small sample sizes. Methods PubMed, Embase, Scopus, and Cochrane controlled register of trials (CENTRAL) were searched on ...
Ahmad A. Toubasi, Thuraya N. Al‐Sayegh
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Unraveling the Myths of Accountability: A Case Study of the California High School Exit Exam [PDF]
, 2009 Believing that accountability could be a vehicle for change, the California Department of Education (CDE) requires all high school students to pass the California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE) in order to graduate.
Spencer, Joi, Ullucci, Kerri
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Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective This analysis evaluates the effect of successful reperfusion on functional outcomes after MT, stratified by admission National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) and Alberta Stroke Program Early CT Score (ASPECTS) as surrogates for clinical‐core mismatch, using multicenter registry data.
Felix Schlicht +53 more
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Measurement Invariance and Differential Item Functioning Across Gender Within a Latent Class Analysis Framework: Evidence From a High-Stakes Test for University Admission in Saudi Arabia. [PDF]
Front Psychol, 2020 Tsaousis I, Sideridis GD, AlGhamdi HM.
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The PEAL project: co-operation or competition in the assessment process [PDF]
, 2007 This presentation reports on the first year of the PEAL (Primary English Assessment for Learning) project which seeks to enhance the implementation of formative assessment in Hong Kong primary schools.
Carless, DR
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Dementia Incidence in Individuals With Parkinson's Disease in the Framingham Heart Study
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Limited information exists on incident dementia in individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD) in US community‐based samples. We examined cognitive statuses and PD diagnoses of 183 individuals in the Framingham Heart Study (FHS) to establish incident dementia, mortality rates, associations with sex, age at PD onset, and education level.
Joshi Dookhy +11 more
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The Political Legacy of School Accountability Systems
Education Policy Analysis Archives, 1998 The recent battle reported from Washington about proposed national testing program does not tell the most important political story about high stakes tests.
Sherman Dorn
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Accountability , Ability and Disability: Gaming the System [PDF]
The past several years have been marked by a general trend towards increased high-stakes testing for students and schools and test-based school accountability systems. There are many potential school responses to testing programs. This paper investigates
David N. Figlio, Lawrence S. Getzler
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Secondary Education in the United States: What Can Others Learn from Our Mistakes? [PDF]
, 2001 Secondary schools are the least successful component of the U.S. education system. Students learn considerably less than in other industrialized nations and dropout rates are significantly higher.
Bishop , John H. +2 more
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