A closer look at New York's first Common Core exam results suggests student achievement may have increased¶
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q2 i? Reanalysis of the New York Common Core exam results indicates that student achievement may have increased rather than collapsed. → John Cronin 2014
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John Cronin 2014¶
John Cronin, Nate Jensen. (2014). The phantom collapse of student achievement in New York. Phi Delta Kappan 96(2), 60-66. https://www.nwea.org/research/publication/the-phantom-collapse-of-student-achievement-in-new-york/
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The abstract reports the article's reanalysis of the New York exam results: "A closer look at the results showed that student achievement may have increased." The claim is hedged (may have increased) and no statistics are printed in the available text.
"A closer look at the results showed that student achievement may have increased."
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Related Claims¶
- The first release of New York's Common Core exam results was widely misread as showing dramatic declines in student achievement — related
- New York students showed positive achievement and growth results under the APPR evaluation system — related
- A Rasch-score re-analysis corroborates slowing and in some cases declining test score trends, with nine-year-olds an exception — related
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A closer look at New York's first Common Core exam results suggests student achievement may have increased |
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A closer look at New York's first Common Core exam results suggests student achievement may have increased |
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