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Payne, J. Scott; San Pedro, Sweet Z.; Moore, Raeal; Sanchez, Edgar I. – ACT, Inc., 2020
High-stakes, standardized testing plays an important role in the lives of many students as they apply to college and compete for scholarships. In states where college readiness measures, like the ACT® test, are used for school and district accountability, the ACT scores of all students, whether college-bound or not, are a top priority for school…
Descriptors: Test Preparation, Testing Programs, State Programs, School Districts
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Pellegrino, James W. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2012
Beginning with a reference to living in a time of both uncertainty and opportunity, this article presents a discussion of key areas where shared understanding is needed if we are to successfully realize the design and use of high quality, valid assessments of science. The key areas discussed are: (1) assessment purpose and use, (2) the nature of…
Descriptors: Science Education, Science and Society, Academic Standards, State Standards
Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1924
From time to time a classified and annotated record is issued, in bulletin form, of current educational publications received by the library of the Bureau of Education to a certain specified date. The present list continues the record to June 1, 1924, immediately following Bulletin, 1923, no. 54, which comprised publications received by the Bureau…
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Theories, Educational Practices, Teaching Conditions