Additionally, simply using
an absolute measure of the achievement gap is not enough for an accountability system: Gaps might close, but student achievement could still remain low.
Not exact matches
We conducted our analysis alternately using
absolute student
achievement,
measured with statewide mean SAT scores for the 1989 — 90 school year and the mean high - school dropout rate calculated from 1990 census data, and with a second
measure that represents the deviation
of actual
achievement from expected student performance.
Reporting test - score levels will allow policymakers to clearly see
absolute differences in
achievement across schools, regardless
of which growth
measure is adopted.
Traditional
measures of school performance focus primarily on
absolute achievement — typically the percentage
of students who perform at or above some predetermined cut score.