As a doctoral student, Nathan worked on a number of projects, including several state -
commissioned validity studies with his advisor, Dr. Derek Briggs, examining approaches to quantifying academic growth.
Not exact matches
The
study,
commissioned by the NAEP
Validity Studies Panel, an independent panel run by the American Institutes for Research, was published in advance of this week's release of the 2015 NAEP reading and math scores for 4th and 8th grade students.
In it, Mathis demonstrates that the PARCC test, one of two national common core tests (the other being the SBAC), can not predict college readiness; and that a
study commissioned by the Massachusetts Department of Education demonstrated the PARCC's lack of
validity.