What Do Test Scores in Texas Tell Us? [microform] : Issue Paper / Stephen P. Klein, Laura S. Hamilton and Daniel F. McCaffrey.

Texas students have made extraordinarily large gains on statewide achievement tests, the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS), gains so dramatic that they have been dubbed the "Texas miracle." There is general agreement that these gains are attributable to the high stakes accountabil...

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Online Access:	Request ERIC Document
Main Author:	Klein, Stephen P.
Corporate Author:	Rand Institute on Education & Training
Other Authors:	Hamilton, Laura S., McCaffrey, Daniel F., Stecher, Brian M.
Format:	Microfilm Book
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 2000.
Subjects:	Achievement Gains. Elementary Education. Elementary School Students. National Competency Tests. Scores. Standardized Tests. State Programs. Test Results. Test Use. Testing Programs.