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Download full textPinder, Patrice Juliet – Online Submission, 2020
States are establishing high stakes assessments to serve as measurement tools of students' academic abilities. This study essentially compares Maryland's and Florida's mathematics and science assessments for similarities and differences. Building from 5-10 years of student level quantitative data (secondary data) and critical analyses of the…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Achievement Tests, State Standards, High Stakes Tests
Skinner, Rebecca R.; Lomax, Erin – Congressional Research Service, 2017
Federal education legislation continues to emphasize the role of assessment in elementary and secondary schools. Perhaps most prominently, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA; P.L. 114-95), requires the use of test-based educational accountability systems in states and specifies the…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation
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Direct linkHamilton, Laura S.; Schwartz, Heather L.; Stecher, Brian M.; Steele, Jennifer L. – Journal of Educational Administration, 2013
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine how test-based accountability has influenced school and district practices and explore how states and districts might consider creating expanded systems of measures to address the shortcomings of traditional accountability. It provides research-based guidance for entities that are developing or…
Descriptors: Accountability, Measures (Individuals), Expertise, Semi Structured Interviews
