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How Does Test Exemption Affect Schools’ and Students’ Academic Performance?

¹ Columbia University
² Queens College, Graduate Center City University of New York

^* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: jlj2102{at}columbia.edu.

	Abstract

Analyzing data from a large urban district in Texas, this study examines how high-stakes test exemptions alter officially reported scores and asks whether test exemption has implications for the academic achievement of special education students. Test exemption inflated overall passing rates but especially affected the passing rates of African American and Hispanic students because these students were more likely to be exempted. Furthermore, our results suggest that tested special education students in Grades 3 through 8 performed better academically than they would have if they were not tested. However, taking the high-stakes test provided no academic benefit to special education students in Grades 9 through 11.

First published on January 6, 2009, doi:10.3102/0162373708328468

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis 2009;31:153.

A more recent version of this article appeared on June 1, 2009


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