How Student and School Characteristics are Associated with Performance on the Maine High School Assessment

By Craig D. Hoyle; Laura M. O’Dwyer, Boston College; and Quincy Chang

Using multilevel regression models to examine how student characteristics, student prior achievement measures, and school characteristics are associated with performance on the Maine High School Assessment, the study finds statistically significant relationships between several of these variables and assessment scores in reading, writing, math, and science.

Contact Info: Craig Hoyle (1-800-225-4276 x2765)

Published by: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast & Islands Order Info

Download a copy of How Student and School Characteristics are Associated with Performance on the Maine High School Assessment (PDF, 913 KB): http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/regions/northeast/pdf/REL_2011102.pdf

Price: Free
ISBN: REL 2011 102
(69 pp.) PDF

Download a copy of the executive summary of How Student and School Characteristics are Associated with Performance on the Maine High School Assessment (PDF, 503 KB): http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/regions/northeast/pdf/REL_2011102_sum.pdf

Price: Free
ISBN: REL 2011 102
(6 pp.) PDF