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¶

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q2 i? Students achieving the PARCC college-ready standard in math are less likely to need remediation than students achieving the MCAS proficient standard; in English language arts the two standards are not statistically distinguishable. → Ira Nichols-Barrer 2015

Evidence¶

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 comparative study found PARCC college-ready students "less likely to need remediation than students who achieve the proficient standard on MCAS" in math; the ELA contrast was not statistically distinguishable. No effect size is printed.

"In math, students who achieve the college-ready standard on PARCC are also less likely to need remediation than students who achieve the proficient standard on MCAS, while in English language arts the two standards are not statistically distinguishable."

Discussion¶

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