Predictive Validity of MCAS and PARCC: Comparing 10th Grade MCAS Tests to PARCC Integrated Math II, Algebra II, and 10th Grade English Language Arts Tests

Ira Nichols-Barrer, Kate Place, Erin Dillon and Brian Gill

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Abstract: A new report by Mathematica Policy Research shows that students’ scores on the existing high school assessment in Massachusetts predict college performance as well as scores on a new test that was recently developed by a consortium of states to align with Common Core standards.

Keywords: Education; standardized testing; student performance; college readiness; Common Core; PARCC; MCAS; Massachusetts (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 84
Date: 2015-10-05
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