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Rationally Allocating My Scarce Resource of Study Time
Helm said we could drop our lowest test score, so I decided to drop the in-class test last Wednesday and did not even study for it or sit for it; this is because I already had obtained my desired grade, so it would have been pointless
Shutting the Barn Door After the Horse is Gone Department
Average Test Scores, Lower Achievement Gaps: Average NAEP math scores for students, 18 (2004) Average NAEP reading scores for African-American students, 200 (2004) Average NAEP reading score gap between white students and
The College Test Score Race Has Begun
Students at the University of Charleston were ranked first in the United States on a recent college learning assessment test. The Council for Aid to Education reported this week that on Rand's Collegiate Learning Assessment,
Arkansas: Comparing Homeschool and Public School Test Scores
Interesting news about test scores and homeschool politics in the state of Arkansas (where we currently live) is below. All highlighting within the article is my emphasis. My notes fall between broken sections of the article (in
You Can Go To College In Colorado
An example of a combination of grades and test scores that will produce a CCHE index score of 76 is a 2.0 high school GPA, eg mostly Cs with an equal number of Bs and Ds (or class rank in the top 80% of your graduating class),
“Grade Inflation” May Be Too Much of A Good Thing
Although test scores have also increased over time, GPAs have risen higher and at a much faster rate than standardized test scores. This suggests that the inflation is not merely due to an increase in academic excellence.
Glitches, Data Errors Delay Illinois Test-Score Release
More than eight months after taking Illinois’ achievement test, about 1 million of that state’s public school students and their districts still don’t know the results because of incomplete testing materials, scoring glitches,
Black-White Test Scores: Neighborhoods Matter
In Racial Segregation and the Black-White Test Score Gap (NBER Working Paper No. 12078 [open link]), NBER researchers David Card and Jesse Rothstein cast some fresh and perhaps surprising light on this issue. Using data from SAT records
5 People Whose SAT Scores Didn't Matter
Good students get left behind or denied graduation because of test scores - the CEO responds "That's a very big problem,'' he says. ``There are kids who are successful in school and not on tests.''
Racial test score gap not closing
The article begins by explaining that the No Child Left Behind law "set 2014 as the deadline by which schools were to close the test-score gaps between minority and white students that have persisted since standardized testing began."
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