Understanding Dropouts: Statistics, Strategies, and High-Stakes Testing (Compass Series)
ISBN-13:
9780309076029
ISBN-10:
0309076021
Author:
National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Center for Education, Beatty, Board on Testing and Assessment, Ulric Neisser, William T. Trent, Jay P. Heubert, Committee on Educational Excellence and Testing Equity
Publication date:
2001
Publisher:
National Academies Press
Format:
Paperback
66 pages
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ISBN-13:
9780309076029
ISBN-10:
0309076021
Author:
National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Center for Education, Beatty, Board on Testing and Assessment, Ulric Neisser, William T. Trent, Jay P. Heubert, Committee on Educational Excellence and Testing Equity
Publication date:
2001
Publisher:
National Academies Press
Format:
Paperback
66 pages
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Understanding Dropouts: Statistics, Strategies, and High-Stakes Testing (Compass Series) (ISBN-13: 9780309076029 and ISBN-10: 0309076021), written by authors
National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Center for Education, Beatty, Board on Testing and Assessment, Ulric Neisser, William T. Trent, Jay P. Heubert, Committee on Educational Excellence and Testing Equity, was published by National Academies Press in 2001.
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The role played by testing in the nation's public school system has been increasing steadily-and growing more complicated-for more than 20 years. The Committee on Educational Excellence and Testing Equity (CEETE) was formed to monitor the effects of education reform, particularly testing, on students at risk for academic failure because of poverty, lack of proficiency in English, disability, or membership in population subgroups that have been educationally disadvantaged. The committee recognizes the important potential benefits of standards-based reforms and of test results in revealing the impact of reform efforts on these students. The committee also recognizes the valuable role graduation tests can potentially play in making requirements concrete, in increasing the value of a diploma, and in motivating students and educators alike to work to higher standards. At the same time, educational testing is a complicated endeavor, that reality can fall far short of the model, and that testing cannot by itself provide the desired benefits. If testing is improperly used, it can have negative effects, such as encouraging school leaving, that can hit disadvantaged students hardest. The committee was concerned that the recent proliferation of high school exit examinations could have the unintended effect of increasing dropout rates among students whose rates are already far higher than the average, and has taken a close look at what is known about influences on dropout behavior and at the available data on dropouts and school completion.
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