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Direct linkWalberg, Herbert J., Ed. – Hoover Institution Press, 2011
The pressing need to improve achievement in American schools is widely recognized. In "Tests, Testing, and Genuine School Reform," Herbert J. Walberg draws on scientific studies of tests and their uses to inform citizens, educators, and policy makers about well-established principles of testing, current problems, and promising evidence-based…
Descriptors: Evidence, School Restructuring, Test Results, Testing
Elliott, Judy L.; Thurlow, Martha L. – 2000
This book is intended to provide a systematic approach to improving the test performances of students with disabilities in the context of the increased inclusion of these students in state and district educational assessments. Chapters include guides for decisions and forms to document them and to track student progress. Each chapter also provides…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Accountability, Decision Making
Download full textBunda, Mary Anne – 1978
Three areas of concern for those considering competency-based graduation requirements are discussed. First, what is involved in implementing a competency-based graduation requirement? The first tasks are the specification of performance standards and the performance skill areas. Then, appropriate certification procedures can be selected, and their…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Criterion Referenced Tests
Jaeger, Richard M., Ed.; Tittle, Carol Kehr, Ed.
Addressing often neglected broad issues, rather than the pragmatics of test development and administration, this Conference on Minimum Competency Achievement Testing was organized around six topics: (1) social and philosophical roots, uniqueness among testing movements, and policy issues; (2) legal, curricular, and social-demographic consequences;…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Competency Based Education, Curriculum
