Are Increasing Test Scores in Texas Really a Myth?

Pass rates by Texas tenth-graders on the high school exit exam improved from 52 percent in 1994 to 72 percent in 1998. In his article "The Myth of the Texas Miracle in Education" (EPAA, August 2000) Professor Walt Haney argued that some part of this increased pass rate was, as he put it, a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: A. Toenjes, A. Gary Dworkin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Arizona State University 2002-03-01
Series:Education Policy Analysis Archives
Online Access:http://epaa.asu.edu/ojs/article/view/296