[CALIBK12] [CSLA Research Update] California elementary achievement

[Lesley Farmer]

California elementaries not on track to meet AYP targets in
2014California elementary schools on average have boosted student
proficiency by less than 4 percentage points annually since 2003,
indicating that few will meet adequate yearly progress this year as the
state requires a 11 percentage-point jump in proficiency rates,
according to research led by a professor at the University of
California, Riverside. "We're hitting a balloon payment scenario, to
use a housing analogy, where the expectations set forth in the federal
law are far higher than recent performance levels."Bryant, M., et al.
(2008, Sept. 26). ASSESSMENT: School Performance Will Fail to Meet
Legislated Benchmarks. Science, 1781-1782

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Posted By Lesley Farmer to CSLA Research Update at 10/13/2008 05:26:00
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