How Student and School Characteristics Are Associated with Performance on the Maine High School Assessment. Issues & Answers. REL 2011-No. 102

Autor/inn/en	Hoyle, Craig D.; O'Dwyer, Laura M.; Chang, Quincy
Institution	Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast & Islands (ED); National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance (ED)
Titel	How Student and School Characteristics Are Associated with Performance on the Maine High School Assessment. Issues & Answers. REL 2011-No. 102
Quelle	(2011), (69 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
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Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Quantitative Daten; High Schools; Intervals; Critical Reading; Educational Improvement; Federal Programs; Academic Achievement; Science Tests; Educational Indicators; Grade 11; Mathematics Tests; Reading Tests; Writing Tests; Grade 10; Predictor Variables; Institutional Characteristics; Student Characteristics; Longitudinal Studies; Scores; Measures (Individuals); Correlation; Regression (Statistics); High School Students; Maine; Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test; SAT (College Admission Test) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? High school; Oberschule; Kritisches Lesen; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Schulleistung; Educational indicato; Bildungsindikator; School year 11; 11. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 11; Lesetest; Writing test; Schreibtest; Prädiktor; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Messdaten; Korrelation; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; High schools; Student; Students; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin
Abstract	The Maine Department of Education wanted to use longitudinal data from its data system to better understand whether and how student and school characteristics are associated with student performance on the state-mandated Maine High School Assessment (MHSA). It was particularly interested in understanding the factors associated with changes in test scores between the beginning of grade 10 and the end of grade 11. The MHSA, which comprises the College Board's SAT tests in critical reading, writing, and math and a science assessment, is administered in the spring of grade 11 to determine whether Maine high schools have made adequate yearly progress. The following research question guided this study: How are student characteristics, student prior achievement measures, and school characteristics associated with students' grade 11 Maine High School Assessment scores in reading, writing, math, and science? Using multilevel regression models to examine how student characteristics, student prior achievement measures, and school characteristics are associated with performance on the Maine High School Assessment, this study finds statistically significant relationships between several of these variables and assessment scores in reading, writing, math, and science. Appendices include: (1) Data and assessments used in the report; (2) Literature review; (3) Methodology; (4) Confidence intervals for testing differences; (5) Multilevel regression model results; (6) Predicted differences across Maine High School Assessment domains for student and school characteristics; and (7) Predictors of Maine High School Assessment domain scores when Preliminary SAT scores are excluded from the model (model 3). (Contains 2 boxes, 1 figure, 15 tables, and 8 notes.) [For the summary report, see ED516741.] (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10