PLI students outscored non-PLI peers on adjusted SBAC ELA and math assessments in most tested elementary and middle grades¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2018 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? After adjusting for prior scores, demographics, and school climate, PLI students outscored non-PLI students on ELA in grades 3, 4, 5, 7 and 8 and on math in grades 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8. → Peters 2018

Evidence¶

Peters 2018¶

Peters, V., Means, B., Langworthy, M., Neufeld, P., Coe, R., Meehan, K., & Smith, S. (2018). Enabling Analytics for Improvement: Lessons from Year 2 of Fresno's Personalized Learning Initiative. Digital Promise. https://digitalpromise.dspacedirect.org/items/f5ad25ac-1bc9-4a05-9a4e-24c25ab19e8d doi:10.51388/20.500.12265/53

q2 · i? · associational · r2

Observational analysis of 2018 SBAC scores for PLI versus non-PLI students, adjusted for prior 2017 SBAC scores, ethnicity, gender, ELL status, low income, homelessness, special education status, parent education, grade, attendance, and school climate. The report states "PLI students outscored their non-PLI peers" in the listed grades; no effect sizes are printed.

"As the figures show, PLI students outscored their non-PLI peers on these assessments in grades 3, 4, 5, 7 and 8 on ELA assessments, and in grades 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8, on math assessments"

Discussion¶

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