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Measuring School Performance for Early Elementary Grades in Maryland

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  • Lisa Dragoset
  • Cassandra Baxter
  • Dallas Dotter
  • Elias Walsh

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The purpose of this report was to investigate the feasibility of constructing a school-level measure of students' academic growth from kindergarten to grade 3 and to assess the validity and precision of that measure.

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  • Lisa Dragoset & Cassandra Baxter & Dallas Dotter & Elias Walsh, "undated". "Measuring School Performance for Early Elementary Grades in Maryland," Mathematica Policy Research Reports 935d6a7320684da8b5c056146, Mathematica Policy Research.
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