In providing validity evidence to support the interpretative argument and the intended outcomes of MSPAP, my colleagues and I demonstrated that there was a positive impact of the assessment and accountability system on both student learning and classroom instruction (Lane, Parke, & Stone, 2002; Parke & Lane, 2008; Parke, Lane, & Stone, 2006; Stone & Lane, 2003), which were the intended outcomes of MSPAP.
In the MSPAP studies, a school contextual variable, SES measured by percent of students receiving free or reduced lunch, was significantly related to school level performance on MSPAP in math, reading, writing, science, and social studies (Lane, Parke, & Stone, 2002; Stone & Lane, 2003).
On the Maryland School Performance Assessment Program (
MSPAP), a state-of-the-art performance measure that would seem on its face to be more appropriate for Core Knowledge students, differences were equally inconclusive.
Maryland School Performance Assessment Program (
MSPAP) assessments are criterion-referenced performance tests designed, developed, and implemented by the Maryland State Department of Education in collaboration with classroom teachers and other Maryland educators.