The first focuses on statewide standardized test scores and their uses, particularly how test scores are used in statistical models that evaluate the effectiveness of teachers and schools. (cepa.stanford.edu)
Instead of looking purely at passage rates, schools will be evaluated based on how many students improved their performance on statewide standardized tests. (indianapublicmedia.org)
Amid renewed allegations of cheating on statewide standardized tests in Texas, the Texas Education Agency is pressing ahead with plans for tighter testing security, while stressing that it uses a high threshold in making charges against schools or school districts that their students cheated on the state's tests. (edweek.org)