Local tests would eventually be modified to include questions that would allow the public to gauge
how average student performance compares to international standards.
Although RAND attempted a variety of analytical methods, its general approach was to estimate the impact of family background and measures of school resources
on average student performance on as many of these tests as were administered in a given state.
The answer to that puzzle is actually quite simple and has little to do with the fact that Phillips
compares average student performance while our study focuses on advanced students: many OECD countries, including those that had a high percentage of high - achieving students, participated in PISA 2006 (upon which our analysis is based) but did not participate in either TIMSS 2003 or TIMSS 2007, the two surveys included in the Phillips studies.
For instance, «
Average student performance in my vocal music class is unsatisfactory based on my initial assessment of individual performance; by the end of the year, 90 percent of students attending at least 85 percent of classes will demonstrate satisfactory achievement.»
NCLB required that states test students in math and reading each year, that
average student performance be publicized for every school, and that schools with persistently low test scores face an escalating series of sanctions.
The GRC analysis also differs from those of Hanushek et al. in that the latter focus on students performing at the advanced or proficient level, while we focused on
the average student performance in both math and reading.
Test results showed that the lower - performing students made the most gains, while
the average students performance were the same.
(This is true despite the widespread perception that
average student performance in some other nations exceeds average student performance in the United States.
In a sense, the focus on only the 15 % lowest performing schools will only return to
average student performance, which overshadows underrepresented student issues.
The school has a history of above -
average student performance.