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Direct linkKatzman, John – New England Journal of Higher Education, 2014
It is so easy to criticize the SAT that most observers overlook the weaknesses of its architect, the College Board. This author contents that, until the latter is replaced, however, the former will never be fixed. The College Board has every incentive to create a complex, stressful, expensive college admissions system. Because it is accountable to…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Testing Programs, Program Administration, Cost Effectiveness
Download full textSomers, Marie-Andree; Zhu, Pei; Wong, Edmond – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2011
This study examines the practical implications of using state tests to measure student achievement in impact evaluations that span multiple states and grades. In particular, the study examines the sensitivity of impact findings to (1) the type of assessment used to measured achievement (state tests or an external assessment administered by the…
Descriptors: Evaluators, Grades (Scholastic), Academic Achievement, Program Effectiveness
Skaggs, Gary; Bourque, Mary Lyn – 1998
Political and legislative pressures have posed a number of measurement issues and challenges to the development of sound, valid voluntary national tests (VNTs). This paper focuses on what appear to be the most difficult technical issues related to the VNT proposed by President Clinton in 1997. Technical issues refer to psychometric issues, as…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Classification, Difficulty Level
Peer reviewedLinn, Robert L.; Kiplinger, Vonda L. – Applied Measurement in Education, 1995
The adequacy of linking statewide standardized test results to the National Assessment of Educational Progress by using equipercentile equating procedures was investigated using statewide mathematics data from four states. Results suggest that the linkings are not sufficiently trustworthy to make comparisons based on the tails of the distribution.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Assessment, Equated Scores, Mathematics Tests
McGuire, Dennis P. – 1984
Efficient methods of using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) to analyze National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) data files are discussed. One error in the NAEP SPSS file is discussed, and another error (which may be system-dependent) is mentioned. In addition, purely mathematical methods are used to address the…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Computer Software, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
Isham, Steven P.; Allen, Nancy L. – 1992
As a result of the dual roles of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) to measure trends in academic achievement over time and to measure what students know and can do, a scale anchoring procedure was developed. Although the NAEP provides norm-referenced information about student proficiency, the scale anchoring procedure gives…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Criterion Referenced Tests, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education
