Proficiency and Learning Gains

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Why are my proficiency scores high yet my learning gains seem to be low? An Individual assessment score (e.g. Reading -Spring) indicates the academic status of a student at a particular point in time while learning gains measure the growth of a student from one point in time to a later point in time. An individual assessment score is converted …

Learning Gains and State Assessment Results

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Why does it appear that achieving high learning gains doesn’t seem to guarantee good state test results? In the previous blog post of September 13, 2016, we clearly established that there is a very strong relationship between STAR results and state assessment results. That post ended with the conclusion that: The strength of the relationships reported in the Imagine study …