The Importance of Providing Background Information on the Structure and Scoring of Performance Assessments.

Fuchs, Lynn S.; Fuchs, Douglas; Karns, Kathy; Hamlett, Carol L.; Dutka, Sue; Katzaroff, Michelle

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ERIC Number: EJ604309

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Publication Date: 2000

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The Importance of Providing Background Information on the Structure and Scoring of Performance Assessments.

Fuchs, Lynn S.; Fuchs, Douglas; Karns, Kathy; Hamlett, Carol L.; Dutka, Sue; Katzaroff, Michelle

Applied Measurement in Education, v13 n1 p1-34 2000

Examined the effects of providing students with background information about the structure and scoring of mathematics performance assessments (PA). Results for 187 elementary school students who had PA orientation and 182 who did not show the effects of test wiseness training for average and above-average students, but not for below-average students. (SLD)

Descriptors: Background, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Mathematics, Mathematics Tests, Performance Based Assessment, Scoring, Test Construction, Test Wiseness

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Note: Research supported in part by Grant H023F70010 from the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs and Core Grant HD15052 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.