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Download full textBaker, Eva L. – 2003
This paper examines multiple measures of performance in school accountability systems from two perspectives: laterally (different indicators of different domains) and vertically (indicators that are at different levels of depth of the same domain). From these perspectives, organizational responsibility and instructional sensitivity are examined.…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adaptive Testing, Adjustment (to Environment), Evaluation Methods
Herman, Joan L.; Brown, Richard S.; Baker, Eva L. – 2000
The progress of students and schools in California is examined by reviewing the state's recent test history and the state's progress in creating a sound, standards-based assessment system. The story about California is mixed. Overall performance on the Stanford Achievement Test, ninth edition (SAT-9) shows that the state average, overall grades…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Herman, Joan L.; Baker, Eva L.; Linn, Robert L. – Center for Research on Evaluation Standards and Student Testing CRESST, 2004
This focus of this newsletter asserts that if one accepts that accountability systems are intended to serve both symbolic and technical functions, one can ask how well they are operating symbolically to motivate action and how well they are doing in providing adequate technical information to support intended inferences. In this column, it is…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Performance Based Assessment, Evaluation Methods, Student Evaluation
Baker, Eva L.; Linn, Robert L.; Herman, Joan L.; Koretz, Daniel – 2002
This document presents standards for educational accountability systems that represent models of practice derived from three perspectives: research knowledge, practical experience, and ethical considerations. These standards should be conceived of as targets for state and local systems and as criteria to judge proposed models of accountability…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Delivery Systems, Educational Practices
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Direct linkBaker, Eva L. – Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, 2005
Over the last 20 years, writing about technology (and more recently about its use in assessment systems) has been a joyful experience, in part because the author was usually right about how fast and how unexpected technology progress would be made. In this article, the author suggests to rethink assessment systems from design perspectives and the…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Educational Assessment, Computer Assisted Testing, Educational Technology
