Students who fail to reach an ACT 20 gained only 0.6 points from PLAN to ACT versus 3.3 for those who reached 20, falling behind expected gains¶
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q2 i? Students who reached 20 exceeded their expected PLAN-to-ACT gain (3.3 vs 2.7), while students who did not gained far less than expected (0.6 vs 1.6). → John Q. Easton 2008
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John Q. Easton 2008¶
John Q. Easton, Stephen Ponisciak, Stuart Luppescu. (2008). From High School to the Future: The Pathway to 20. Research Report, Consortium on Chicago School Research at the University of Chicago. https://consortium.uchicago.edu/publications/high-school-future-pathway-20
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Comparative analysis of the 28 percent of 42,456 matched students who reached ACT 20 versus the 72 percent who did not, tracking EXPLORE, PLAN and ACT gains. Group average ACTs differed by 8.1 points (23.4 vs 15.3), with differences growing most between PLAN and ACT.
"The students who achieved the ACT score of 20 made very strong gains from PLAN to ACT—on average they gained 3.3 points, higher than their average expected gain of 2.7. The less successful group of students gained only 0.6 points from PLAN to ACT, much less than their average expected gain of 1.6 points."
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Related Claims¶
- CPS students' PLAN-to-ACT gains fall well short of national expected gains, dropping 0.5 points below the average expected gain — related
- CPS students make smaller improvements on sequential EPAS tests from grade to grade than students nationally with the same prior scores — a broader claim this one bears on
- CPS students' ACT scores fall below both their college aspirations and their own expectations, and most interviewed students scored lower than they expected — related
- A ninth-grade EXPLORE composite score of 17 is the tipping point for reaching an ACT score of 20, and can serve as an interim benchmark — related
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Students who fail to reach an ACT 20 gained only 0.6 points from PLAN to ACT versus 3.3 for those who reached 20, falling behind expected gains |
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Students who fail to reach an ACT 20 gained only 0.6 points from PLAN to ACT versus 3.3 for those who reached 20, falling behind expected gains |
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