A model to predict the degree of success on future TAAS tests by using prior TAAS and TLI results /
The purpose of this study was to examine a model to predict the degree of success on future Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS) tests by using prior TAAS and Texas Learning Index (TLI) results. This longitudinal study specifically sought to determine the relationship between previous TAAS an...
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| Format: | Thesis Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | The purpose of this study was to examine a model to predict the degree of success on future Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS) tests by using prior TAAS and Texas Learning Index (TLI) results. This longitudinal study specifically sought to determine the relationship between previous TAAS and TLI scores and the effect these scores had on the predictability of success on the Exit level 10th grade test. The research questions framing this study were: 1. Does a student's prior TLI score serve as a predictor for the next set of TLI scores? 2. Is there a relationship between prior TAAS and TLI scores and success at the Exit level test? 3. Is there a relationship between TLI scores, the teachers'/administrators' perception of important demographic characteristics and selected Public Information Management Systems (PEIMS) data such as the demographic characteristics of gender, ethnicity, or socio-economic group? The major results of the study revealed a pattern indicating that with each successive year, the percent of students that failed a grade level TAAS test had a lower percent-passing rate at the 10th grade Exit level tests. The research identified the TLI score as the most substantial consistent indicator to predict future pass/fail status for a student. The findings from this study indicate that there is a gap in the TAAS and TLI results at the junior high school grade levels in both the mathematics and reading TAAS test scores. It further reveals, in regard to PEIMS socio-economic data information, that students who were not on either the free or reduced lunch programs have lower scores in mathematics and reading TAAS and TLI results than student who are on either the free or reduced lunch programs. Based on TEA data used in the research, any of the findings identified in this longitudinal study and generalizations could be utilized by any district, campus or teacher to predict outcomes on TAAS and TLI scores for students in the State of Texas. This study has implications regarding the predictability for the future success or failure rate of students taking the 10th grade TAAS Exit level test as well as students in other grade levels. |
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| Item Description: | Vita. "Major Subject: Educational Human Resource Development". |
| Physical Description: | x, 130 leaves ; 28 cm. Issued also on microfiche from University Microfilm Inc. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 116-123). |