The study is the first to examine whether PARCC assessments identify students who are ready for college¶
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q2 i? At the time of publication, no prior study had examined the extent to which PARCC assessments succeed in identifying students who are ready for college. → Ira Nichols-Barrer 2015
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Ira Nichols-Barrer 2015¶
Ira Nichols-Barrer, Kate Place, Erin Dillon, Brian Gill. (2015). 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. Cambridge, MA: Mathematica Policy Research. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/predictive-validity-of-mcas-and-parcc-comparing-10th-grade-mcas-tests-to-parcc-integrated-math-ii
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The article states its novelty claim directly: "Mathematica's study is the first to examine" whether PARCC assessments identify college-ready students. This is the authors' own characterization, not an independently verified one.
"Mathematica's study is the first to examine the extent to which PARCC assessments succeed in one of their major goals: identifying students who are ready for college."
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Related Claims¶
- The study is the first to examine whether PARCC assessments identify students who are ready for college, and it was commissioned to inform Massachusetts's decision between MCAS and PARCC — related
- Both MCAS and PARCC assessment scores predict college readiness, with similar validity in predicting college grades — related
- In math, the PARCC college-ready standard predicts higher college performance than the MCAS proficient standard, while in ELA the standards are similar — related
- In math, students meeting the PARCC college-ready standard are less likely to need remediation than students meeting the MCAS proficient standard; in ELA the standards are not statistically distinguishable — related
- In math, students meeting the PARCC college-ready standard are less likely to need remediation than students meeting the MCAS proficient standard — related
- MCAS and PARCC scores similarly predict which students need remedial coursework in college — related
- PARCC sets a higher performance standard in mathematics than MCAS, while both exams predict college performance comparably — related
- PARCC and MCAS scores show similar validity for predicting college grades — related
- In mathematics, students meeting the PARCC college-ready standard are less likely to need remediation than students meeting the MCAS proficient standard; in English language arts the standards are not statistically distinguishable — related
- PARCC and MCAS scores show similar validity in predicting college grades for Massachusetts students — related
- In math, meeting the PARCC college-readiness standard predicts higher college performance than meeting the MCAS proficiency standard — related
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The study is the first to examine whether PARCC assessments identify students who are ready for college |
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The study is the first to examine whether PARCC assessments identify students who are ready for college |
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