Elementary schools in Math in Common districts exceeded predicted CAASPP mathematics performance at significantly higher rates than other California schools between 2016 and 2018¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2019 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 2022: local conditions change quickly

Subclaims¶

q2 i? The percentage of MiC elementary schools performing beyond regression-based prediction rose from 48 percent in 2016 to 55 percent in 2018, significantly higher than non-MiC-selected and remaining California districts (p < .05). → Perry 2019

Evidence¶

Perry 2019¶

Perry, R., & Huang, K. (2019). Spotlight on student achievement: Analyses of statewide assessment data in Math in Common districts. San Francisco, CA: WestEd. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED601900

q2 · i? · associational · r2

School-level profile regression analysis using statewide data predicted school achievement from prior performance and school characteristics; Table 3 shows MiC elementary schools beyond prediction rose from 48 percent (2016) to 55 percent (2018), versus 47 percent in non-MiC-selected districts, a "significantly higher (p < .05)" rate.

"schools in MiC districts made significantly more progress, compared to schools in the two other comparison groups, in exceeding their predicted performance"

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Statewide California mathematics achievement on the CAASPP was mostly stagnant from 2015 to 2018 and lagged behind English language arts gains — related
• Long Beach schools with assigned math coaches showed markedly and disproportionately rising CAASPP scores, though causation could not be tied to coaching — related
• MiC district achievement on the CAASPP in mathematics generally followed the same statewide pattern from 2015 to 2018, with MiC districts slightly more homogeneous than non-selected districts — related
• MiC middle schools outperformed prediction in 2016 and 2017 but the advantage faded by 2018, while non-selected comparison districts improved significantly — related
• The lowest-performing MiC elementary schools made increasingly greater progress beyond prediction as CCSS-M implementation deepened from 2016 to 2018 — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• English learners in nearly all MiC districts showed stronger annual CAASPP mathematics gains than their statewide peers from 2015 to 2017 despite remaining mostly at the lowest achievement level — related
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