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050 00 $aLB 2822.82$bI49 2000
245 00 $aImproving student achievement :$bwhat state NAEP test scores tell use /$cDavid Grissmer ... [et al.].
260 $aSanta Monica, CA :$bRand,$cc2000.
300 $axi, 271 p. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 257-271).
505 0 $aRationale for Focusing on State Achievement Results -- Potential Barriers to Analyzing State Achievement -- Study Objectives -- Report Organization -- The State Naep Achievement Results and State Family and Educational Characteristics -- NAEP Achievement Tests -- State Achievement Results -- Differences in Family and Demographic Composition Among States -- Family Capital and Social Capital -- Differences in State Education Characteristics -- Review of the Literature -- Evidence from National Educational Resource Growth and Achievement Trends -- Previous Studies -- Reviews of Nonexperimental Studies -- Experimental Data on Class Size -- Evidence on Prekindergarten Effects -- The Effects of Teacher Characteristics -- Specification Implications from Experimental Studies -- Reconciling Experimental and Nonexperimental Results -- Summary: A New Interpretation of the Empirical Evidence -- Methodology -- Implications of the Literature for this Analysis -- Developing Family Control Variables -- The Census-NAEP Family Variables -- Composite SES Family Control Variables -- Model Specification and Estimation -- Annualized Score Gains by State -- Score Differences by State for Students from Similar Families -- The Effects of Educational Policy and State Characteristics -- Cost Estimations -- Sensitivity to Outliers -- Variable Definitions -- Achievement Scores -- Family Variables -- Educational Measures -- Trends in State Scores -- Testing for Evidence of the Effects of Reform -- Results -- Estimated Gains Across All Participating States -- Estimated Annual Gains by State -- Estimating Scores Across States for Students from Similar Families -- Background and Rationale -- Results -- Texas Versus California -- Effects of State Educational Policies -- Results for Educational Policy and Characteristics Variables -- Per-Pupil Expenditure Model -- Resource-Utilization Model -- Teacher Characteristics Model -- Effects of Interaction Terms -- Testing Correspondence with Tennessee -- Sensitivity to Outliers -- Explaining Texas-California Differences -- Assessing the Cost-Effectiveness of Different Resource Utilizations -- Previous Cost-Effectiveness Measurements -- Estimating Cost-Effectiveness from Our Equations -- Caveats and Caution -- Methodological Considerations and Interpretation of the Results of Different Models -- Results -- Evidence for the Effects of Reform -- Scores for Students from Similar Family Backgrounds -- The Effects and Cost-Effectiveness of Resources -- Interpretations -- Improving American Education -- Interpreting the Effects of Teacher Salary and Teacher Working Conditions -- Research Implications -- Experimentation -- Improving Nonexperimental Analysis -- Building Theories -- Improving NAEP Data -- Limitations and Caution -- State Naep Test Scores and State Family and Educational System Characteristics -- Naep Exclusion and Participation Rates -- Sources of Bias -- The Tennessee Experiment -- Family Variable Development -- Variable Definitions -- Statistical Results for Estimating State Trends -- Statistical Results for Estimating Score Differences for Students from Similar Families Across States -- Statistical Results for Estimating Effects of State Policy and Educational Characteristics -- Robust Regression Results -- Making Cost-Effectiveness Estimates from the Tennessee Class-Size Experiment -- Regression Cost Estimates.
650 0 $aSchool improvement programs$xGovernment policy$zUnited States $xStates.
650 0 $aAcademic achievement$xGovernment policy$zUnited States$xStates.
650 0 $aAcademic achievement$zUnited States$xStates$xEvaluation.
650 0 $aEducational tests and measurements$zUnited States$xStates $vStatistics.
700 1 $aGrissmer, David W.$q(David Waltz),$d1941-
948 $a03/12/2001$b03/29/2001
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