LEADER 03990nam 22006614a 450 001 9910964130303321 005 20251116160936.0 010 $a9780309170581 010 $a0309170583 010 $a9780309510646 010 $a0309510643 035 $a(CKB)111069351124248 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000264329 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11217812 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000264329 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10284325 035 $a(PQKB)10754403 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3375411 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3375411 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10038685 035 $a(OCoLC)923256256 035 $a(Perlego)4735589 035 $a(BIP)53854859 035 $a(BIP)7356946 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111069351124248 100 $a20011204d2001 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aUnderstanding dropouts $estatistics, strategies, and high-stakes testing /$fCommittee on Educational Excellence and Testing Equity, Board on Testing and Assessment, Center for Education, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council ; Alexandra Beatty ... [et al.] editors 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aWashington, D.C. $cNational Academy Press$dc2001 215 $axi, 54 p 225 1 $aThe compass series 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9780309076029 311 08$a0309076021 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 46-49). 327 $aFront Matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Executive Summary -- 1 Background and Context -- 2 What Completion Means and Why It's Important -- 3 Complexities in Counting -- 4 Effects of High-Stakes Testing and Standards -- References -- Appendix Workshop Agenda. 330 $aThe role played by testing in the nation's public school system has been increasing steadily-and growing more complicated-for more than 20 years. The Committee on Educational Excellence and Testing Equity (CEETE) was formed to monitor the effects of education reform, particularly testing, on students at risk for academic failure because of poverty, lack of proficiency in English, disability, or membership in population subgroups that have been educationally disadvantaged. The committee recognizes the important potential benefits of standards-based reforms and of test results in revealing the impact of reform efforts on these students. The committee also recognizes the valuable role graduation tests can potentially play in making requirements concrete, in increasing the value of a diploma, and in motivating students and educators alike to work to higher standards. At the same time, educational testing is a complicated endeavor, that reality can fall far short of the model, and that testing cannot by itself provide the desired benefits. If testing is improperly used, it can have negative effects, such as encouraging school leaving, that can hit disadvantaged students hardest. The committee was concerned that the recent proliferation of high school exit examinations could have the unintended effect of increasing dropout rates among students whose rates are already far higher than the average, and has taken a close look at what is known about influences on dropout behavior and at the available data on dropouts and school completion. 410 0$aCompass series (Washington, D.C.) 606 $aDropouts$zUnited States$xPrevention 606 $aEducational tests and measurements$zUnited States 606 $aEducational equalization$zUnited States 615 0$aDropouts$xPrevention. 615 0$aEducational tests and measurements 615 0$aEducational equalization 676 $a373.12/913/0973 701 $aBeatty$b Alexandra S$0865114 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910964130303321 996 $aUnderstanding dropouts$94361623 997 $aUNINA