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Factors Affecting The Alignment Of Grades And Reading Scores For Third Grade Students On The Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, Kristine L. Dittmar
Factors Affecting The Alignment Of Grades And Reading Scores For Third Grade Students On The Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, Kristine L. Dittmar
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The purpose of this study was to aid in understanding the relationship between current Reading report card grading practices and standards-based state standardized testing results in Reading and factors associated with the alignment of this relationship. Report card and Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) data for 2004 were collected for 1064 third grade students in nine schools of one feeder pattern in Florida's Miami-Dade County Public Schools. A Third Grade Teacher Questionnaire was administered to 48 Reading teachers. The questionnaire contained items relating to teachers' education, teaching experience, grading practices, and beliefs about the FCAT, instructional Reading activities, methods, and …