Alexander Kurz

The goal of this partnership was to lay the groundwork for future improvements to Arizona's Priority schools using a three-part strategy. First, the partnership identified measures in existing ADE data sources that predict student achievement. Next, the partnership employed these measures to assess the effectiveness of ADE school improvement strategies. The partnership assessed factors that predict student achievement within Arizona's 74 Priority schools as well as a sub-sample of 74 medium-...

The increased demand for accountability in education focused on improved student academic performance has led to many questions about the most accurate method for capturing individual student progress, particularly for students with disabilities. In addition, although a substantial amount of research exists about the characteristics of students with disabilities and about assessment of their abilities and skills for purposes of classification and intervention, far less is known about the nat...