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Our gains in elementary math scores not sustained in secondary grades
Summary
The scores in our elementary schools have been improving, but when the students get into secondary schools they don't seem any better than before.
Strategies
Diagnosis
Gains on high stakes tests are often illusory, reflecting classroom focus on that particular test rather than improved understanding or real performance.
Evidence on the influence of assessment on classroom practice outlines the evidence, essentially that there are no gains on another similar test, such as NAEP.
Evidence on the influence of assessment on classroom practice outlines the evidence, essentially that there are no gains on another similar test, such as NAEP.