A Statistical Approach to Identifying Schools Demonstrating Substantial Improvement in Student Learning
Autor: | Yinmei Wan, Coby Meyers, James J. Lindsay, Chris Condon |
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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 |
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