The
effect of achievement test selection on identification of learning disabilities within a patterns of strengths and weaknesses framework.
It is equally true that competent teaching can occur independent of student learning or
of the achievement test scores that serve as proxies for said learning.
As the authors of the meta - analysis point out, there are many known, malleable
predictors of achievement test scores that have much higher associations with achievement than measures of grit, e.g., study skills, test anxiety, and learning strategies.
The ESSA maintains the requirement for annual
reporting of achievement test data disaggregated by subgroups of children, including low - income students, students of color, students with disabilities and English - language learners.
High Schools That Work (HSTW) has required participating sites to administer a
set of achievement tests in reading, mathematics, and science.
If you are not persuaded by the evidence I reviewed yesterday on the disconnect between achievement results and other outcomes, I suggest you read an excellent book written by Nobel Prize winning economist James Heckman and his students called The
Myth of Achievement Tests.
Like the makers of hot dogs, psychometricians, economists, and other testing experts know too well what goes into the
creation of achievement tests.
International Testing Programs International
comparison of Achievement tests Mathematics, reading and science tests, comparison of time spent doing homework, international comparison of adult literacy.
Some people doubt the
validity of the achievement tests on which the scores are based, some question the emphasis on test scores to begin with, and others challenge the very idea that student learning gains reflect how well teachers do their jobs.
In related UC reforms, applicants can present high school grades from two years of an Asian language for comparable
credit of an achievement test, and some UC campuses now offer their own tests in those tongues.
Even now, as a state's educational leaders are awaiting federal guidance regarding how to implement No Child Left Behind, preliminary decisions are apt to be made regarding what
sorts of achievement tests should be adopted.
They work hard all year long to prepare our students for a
variety of achievement tests — the ISAT, the Selective Enrollment test, NWEA, and others.
As the authors of the meta - analysis point out, there are many known, malleable
predictors of achievement test scores that have much higher associations with achievement than measures of grit, e.g., study skills, test anxiety, and learning strategies.