Boston charters (Angrist, et al, 2014)--
Huge test score gains, no increase in HS grad rate or postsecondary attendance.
Among the facts from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Fourth Grade Reading report cited by FairTest: — There has been no
gain in NAEP grade four reading performance nationally since 1992 despite a
huge increase in state - mandated
testing; — NAEP
scores in southern states, which test the most and have the highest stakes attached to their state testing programs, have declined; — The NAEP score gap between white children and those from African American and Hispanic families has increased, even though schools serving low - income and minority - group children put the most emphasis on testing; and — Scores of children eligible for free lunch programs have dropped since
scores in southern states, which
test the most and have the highest stakes attached to their state
testing programs, have declined; — The NAEP
score gap between white children and those from African American and Hispanic families has increased, even though schools serving low - income and minority - group children put the most emphasis on
testing; and —
Scores of children eligible for free lunch programs have dropped since
Scores of children eligible for free lunch programs have dropped since 1996.
But now that the national distribution of
test scores is more normal, resembling a conventional bell curve, it is unlikely that we will see the kinds of
huge gains we saw in the 1990s and early 2000s again, according to Commissioner Buckley.