How Schools Use Data To Prepare Students For High-Stakes Testing
February 3, 2012 | 10:45 AM
Our colleagues at StateImpact Indiana take a look at how one school district is using data to better prepare third-graders for the state’s standardized test. Like Florida, the stakes are huge — Indiana third graders can’t graduate unless they pass.
How Data Can (And Can’t) Help Schools Get Ready For High-Stakes Tests Imagine taking a test with some of the highest stakes of your academic career at the age of 8 or 9. That’s what every Indiana third grader will do this March when they take the IREAD-3, a standardized test of their reading abilities.
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