Do Student Growth Scores Measure Academic Growth?

Autor/in	Pomplun, Mark R.
Titel	Do Student Growth Scores Measure Academic Growth?
Quelle	In: Educational and Psychological Measurement, 69 (2009) 6, S.966-977 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1644
DOI	10.1177/0013164409344535
Schlagwörter	Honors Curriculum; Grades (Scholastic); Academic Achievement; Validity; Scores; High School Students; Grade 9; Language Arts; Mathematics Instruction; Grade 8; Grade 10; Reading Instruction; English Instruction; Developmental Programs; Algebra; Student Evaluation; Correlation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Notenspiegel; Schulleistung; Gültigkeit; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09; Sprachkultur; Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Leseunterricht; English langauage lessons; Englischunterricht; Entwicklungsplan; Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung; Korrelation
Abstract	This study investigated convergent validity evidence for student growth scores with high school course grades. The Measures of Academic Progress and Educational Planning and Assessment System growth scores for approximately 1,800 ninth-grade students over 2 years were related to language, arts, and mathematics course grades for developmental, standard, and honors courses. For mathematics, the results indicated that students in honors courses demonstrated more test score growth than students in standard courses, and students with "As" and "Bs" demonstrated more test score growth than students with "Ds" and "Fs." These relationships were not shown between growth scores and grades in English courses. In addition, the relatively high percentage of negative growth scores for honors students in both mathematics and English courses suggest that more investigation is needed about the use and validity of these growth scores. (Contains 9 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10