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¶
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q2 i? In math, PARCC college-ready students are less likely to need remediation than MCAS proficient students; in ELA the difference is not statistically distinguishable. → Erin Dillon 2015
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Erin Dillon 2015¶
Erin Dillon, Ira Nichols-Barrer, Brian Gill, Kate Place. (2015). Policy Brief: Calibrating Performance Standards Across State Lines: How PARCC Predicts College Readiness. Washington, DC: Mathematica Policy Research. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/policy-brief-calibrating-performance-standards-across-state-lines-how-parcc-predicts-college
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Key findings statement on remediation likelihood by standard and subject: the brief reports math students achieving "the college-ready standard on PARCC are also less likely to need remediation than students who achieve the proficient standard on MCAS," with no printed effect size.
"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."
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Related Claims¶
- MCAS and PARCC scores provide similarly strong predictions of which students need remedial coursework in college — 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 — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
- In math, meeting the PARCC college-readiness standard predicts higher college performance than meeting the MCAS proficiency standard — related
- In math, students meeting the PARCC college-ready standard are less likely to need remediation than students meeting the MCAS proficient standard — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
- PARCC sets a higher performance standard in mathematics than MCAS, while both exams predict college performance comparably — related
- The study is the first to examine whether PARCC assessments identify students who are ready for college — related
- PARCC and MCAS scores show similar validity for predicting college grades — related
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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 |
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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 di... |
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