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Direct linkWalberg, Herbert J., Ed. – Hoover Institution Press, 2011
The pressing need to improve achievement in American schools is widely recognized. In "Tests, Testing, and Genuine School Reform," Herbert J. Walberg draws on scientific studies of tests and their uses to inform citizens, educators, and policy makers about well-established principles of testing, current problems, and promising evidence-based…
Descriptors: Evidence, School Restructuring, Test Results, Testing
Download full textRoeber, Edward D. – 1996
These guidelines are provided to offer guidance to district and state policy makers and assessment directors concerning some issues of managing the development, administration, and use of performance assessments in large scale assessment programs. The term "performance assessment" is used for assessments that go beyond paper-and-pencil,…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Assessment, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedHood, Stafford; Parker, Laurence J. – Journal of Negro Education, 1989
Critics charge that the use of standardized examinations for initial teacher certification fails to measure teacher competency accurately and results in high failure rates for minorities. Compares minority bias review panels in Illinois and Pennsylvania, and finds greater minority involvement and attention to minority culture in Illinois' test…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cultural Differences, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Bias
Kulm, Gerald, Ed. – 1990
This book explores current theory, research, practice, and policy in the assessment of higher order thinking in mathematics, focusing on the elementary and secondary grades. Current knowledge and research on mathematics learning and testing is synthesized. Examples of innovative test items for classroom use and state assessment programs are…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Computation, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Uses in Education
