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Download full textCrooks, Terry – 1996
A recently developed model of validation (T. J. Crooks, M. T. Kane, and A. S. Cohen, 1996) is briefly outlined. It conceptualizes assessment as divided into a chain of eight linked stages: (1) administration; (2) scoring; (3) aggregation; (4) generalization; (5) extrapolation; (6) evaluation; (7) decision; and (8) impact. The model is then used to…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Assessment, Foreign Countries, Models
Taylor, Bob L. – 1974
The model used by National Assessment for data gathering and reporting on the Citizenship area is described, and the potential uses of the model for state and local assessment, curriculum development, and accountability purposes are discussed. The study was carried out using papers and reports from the National Assessment of Educational Progress,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Citizenship, Curriculum Development
Wu, Grace; Royal, Mark; McLaughlin, Don – 1997
The Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) of the National Center for Education Statistics offers the most comprehensive picture available of elementary and secondary schools in the United States. The value of the SASS would be even greater if information on districts and schools could be related directly to student outcomes. A relatively inexpensive…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Institutional Characteristics, Models
Carlson, James E. – 1993
In this article some results are presented relating to the dimensionality of instruments containing polytomously scored as well as dichotomously scored items, concentrating on the 1992 National Assessment of Educational Progress' (NAEP) mathematics and reading assessment data and several simulated datasets. The maximum likelihood factor analytic…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Correlation, Elementary Secondary Education, Factor Analysis
