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Elmore, Randy – 1991
Shortcomings in the current student assessment program in Georgia are identified, proposed revisions are described, and additional changes are recommended. Georgia educators have complained that curricula place too much emphasis on basic skills, to the detriment of subjects like science and social studies. Reform legislation in Georgia has…
Descriptors: Accountability, Achievement Tests, Alternative Assessment, Basic Skills
Download full textSchrader, William B., Ed. – New Directions for Testing and Measurement, 1979
This conference was organized around four policy concerns: (1) the needs of handicapped, gifted, and bilingual students; (2) the use of test results to allocate federal compensatory education funds; (3) the validity of minimum competency testing; and (4) the demand for increasingly sophisticated evaluations. Garry L. McDaniels discussed the…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Accountability, Bilingual Students, Compensatory Education
