A Statistical Approach to Identifying Schools Demonstrating Substantial Improvement in Student Learning

Autor: Yinmei Wan, Coby Meyers, James J. Lindsay, Chris Condon
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk (JESPAR). 17:70-91
ISSN: 1532-7671
1082-4669
Popis: The rising tide behind the school turnaround movement is significant, as national education leaders continue to call for the rapid improvement of the nation's lowest-performing schools. To date, little work has been done to identify schools that are drastically improving their performance. Using publically available school-level student achievement data from Minnesota, we begin to detail the statistical and practical steps necessary to identify schools rapidly improving their performance.
Databáze: OpenAIRE