Setting Academic Performance Standards : MCAS vs. PARCC. Technical Report. Policy Brief / Richard P. Phelps.

Political realities dictate that, as with any tests, passing scores on those developed by the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) will be set at a level that avoids having an unacceptable number of students fail. Since Massachusetts is by far the highest performin...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author:	Phelps, Richard P.
Corporate Author:	Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research. Center for School Reform
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 2015.
Subjects:	Academic Standards. Academic Achievement. Standard Setting. Educational Policy. Career Readiness. College Readiness. State Standards. Politics of Education. Alignment (Education) Educational Administration. Educational Practices.