These figures plot reduced - form ever offer effects by grade and
4th grade cohort for charter applicants.
Not exact matches
Haney and others have concluded that this policy change artificially drove up
4th -
grade test scores, because it removed from the
cohort of students tested those who were retained in 3rd
grade, the very students most likely to score the lowest on standardized tests.
The figure documents clear positive movement across the test - score distribution for the first
cohort of students that needed to reach a minimal score on the FCAT exam in order to be promoted from the 3rd to the
4th grade (2003).
Although it started out smaller than the
cohort of current 8th graders, it's now about the same size that
cohort was in
4th grade.
The DCPS
cohort now in
4th grade shows the least attrition of all.
In 2015 — 2016, the
4th and 5th
grade cohorts were students who were in 3rd and
4th grade respectively during the 2014 — 2015 school year.