A Rasch-score re-analysis corroborates slowing and in some cases declining test score trends, with nine-year-olds an exception¶
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q2 i? Re-analysis using equated Rasch (logit) scores suggests the same overall finding of slowing and in some cases declining trends, though nine-year-old scores do not drop off. → John Q. Easton 2001
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John Q. Easton 2001¶
John Q. Easton, Todd Rosenkranz, Anthony S. Bryk. (2001). Annual CPS Test Trend Review, 2000: Elementary School Test Score Trends in Chicago Public Schools. Consortium on Chicago School Research. https://consortium.uchicago.edu/publications/annual-cps-trend-review-2000
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Sensitivity re-analysis of the trend data using an equated Rasch score (logit) to adjust for different test levels given to students of the same age. The brief reports results differ slightly by age, especially for nine-year-olds, whose scores do not drop off due to large numbers taking a lower test level.
"The results of the Rasch analysis suggest the same overall finding of slowing and in some cases declining test score trends."
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Related Claims¶
- All six CPS age cohorts saw a slight 2001 decline in math scores of less than one month, which a Rasch-score re-analysis suggests reflects an actual drop in learning rather than test-form effects — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
- Reading score trends flattened for ages 9-12 and declined at ages 9 and 12 in the grade equivalent metric by 2000 — related
- Standardized test scores change so slowly that even schools making exceptional gains may appear stagnant — related
- A closer look at New York's first Common Core exam results suggests student achievement may have increased — related
- CPS elementary ITBS scores improved across the 1990s in both reading and math for all age groups, but trend gains flattened after 1998 — related
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A Rasch-score re-analysis corroborates slowing and in some cases declining test score trends, with nine-year-olds an exception |
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A Rasch-score re-analysis corroborates slowing and in some cases declining test score trends, with nine-year-olds an exception |
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