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Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research

Harding University

Dissertations

2015

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The Effect Of Assessment Method On End Of Course Geometry And Algebra Achievement, Miguel Hernandez May 2015

The Effect Of Assessment Method On End Of Course Geometry And Algebra Achievement, Miguel Hernandez

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The purpose of this dissertation was to add to the existing research concerning the effects of assessment on mathematics achievement. The effects by gender or SES of students enrolled in school districts that used a commercial assessment versus school districts that used local assessments on mathematics achievement as measured by the end of course algebra I exam or end of course geometry exam.

This quantitative, causal comparative study was performed in six rural high schools in the Arkansas River Valley. The high schools had an approximate 700-student population of which 53% were categorized as free and/or reduced lunch and 51% …