Articles on educating TAG children by Margaret DeLacy
Articles on educating TAG children by Margaret DeLacy
Contents of this page
Portland Student Achievement Data
TAG spending data: National and State
Value-Added/Progress-Based Assessment
Research Summaries for PPS: Acceleration, Ability grouping, Early Entry
How to spend TAG Dollars (when there are any)
Portland Student Achievement Data
06-07 Student reading and math gains by ability and ethnicity/income: charts and tables
06-07 Student reading and math gains by ability: West Sylvan, PPS and George Middle Schools compared
05-06 Student reading and math gains by ability and ethnicity/income: charts and tables
04-05 Student reading and math gains by ability and ethnicity/income
Jefferson Achievement Test Score Gains compared with PPS
Comments on Student Achievement to the Portland School Board, April 9, 2001
TAG Spending Data, National and State
Oregon School District spending on TAG, Special Education and ESL services 1999-2007 (Excel file prepared by the Department of Education for Senator Vicki Walker)
Value-Added/Progress-Based Assessment
Summary and comments on the Tennessee Value-Added Assessment system (TVAAS) http://www.tagpdx.org/tvaas.htm
Mathematics Instruction
Math instruction in Portland Public Schools: Comments and links
My complaint to Superintendent Vicki Phillips concerning the PPS High School Mathematics Adoption Process
Is early entry beneficial? a letter to the PPS. Tag Department http://www.tagpdx.org/earlyentry.htm
Grouping Options, Benefits and Disadvantages http://www.tagpdx.org/grouping.htm
Acceleration for Gifted Students http://www.tagpdx.org/accelera.htm
Summary of "A Study of AP students in High Schools with Large Minority Populations," Educational Testing Service, 1992).
Tables concerning Per Capita Participation in Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate programs by rank and region
"The 'No Child' Law's Biggest Victims? An Answer That May Surprise" Education Week, June 23, 2004 (a comment on the National Research Council report, Engaging Schools: Fostering High School Students' Motivation to Learn)
My summary of Oregon TAG rights, responsibilities and procedures (see also Oregon Education Laws)
The Difference between Ratio and Deviation Aptitude Test Scores
Bibliography of "Recent" articles on Gifted Program Evaluation