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Tables
Table 1: Types of Growth Models and States Using Them, as of
March 2006 14
Table 2: How a Status Model and Certain Growth Models Measure
Progress in Achieving Key NCLBA Goals 20
Table 3: Criteria for Participating in Education's Growth Model
Pilot Project 30
Table 4: States Submitting a Proposal for Growth Model Pilot or
Awarded a Grant for a Longitudinal Data System 32
Table 5: Grades of Growth Model Reporting, by State 39
Table 6: Level of Growth Model Reporting, by State 40
Table 7: Measure of Achievement in Growth Models 41
Table 8: Characteristics of Assessments Used in Growth Models 43
Figures
Figure 1: Hypothetical Example of Annual Proficiency Targets Set
under a Status Model 7
Figure 2: Hypothetical Example of Closing Achievement Gaps 8
Figure 3: Safe Harbor 9
Figure 4: Results from Two Hypothetical Schools, Shown with a
Status Model and a Growth Model 11
Figure 5: Map of States That Reported Using or Considering
Growth Models, as of March 2006 13
Figure 6: Illustration of School-Level Growth 15
Figure 7: Example of Measurement of Above Average Growth for a
Fourth-Grade Student under Tennessee's Model 16
Figure 8: States' Introduction of Growth Models 17
Figure 9: Targets for a Selected School in Massachusetts Compared
to State Status Model Targets 21
Figure 10: Results for a Selected School in Massachusetts in
Mathematics 22
Figure 11: Results for Selected Students in Mathematics from a
School in Tennessee 24GAO-06-661 No Child Left Behind Act
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