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Download full textWalker, Sherry Freeland, Ed. – State Education Leader, 2000
This theme issue focuses on the use and consequences of high stakes tests. The lead article, "High-Stakes Testing: Too Much? Too Soon?" by Sherry Freeland Walker, introduces the topic and related issues, outlining the pros and cons of high stakes testing by the states. The problem, some experts say, is that states have tried to do too much too…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, High Stakes Tests
Phelps, Richard P. – Fordham Report, 1999
The objections of testing experts to standardized testing are evaluated. The report begins with a foreword by Chester E. Finn, Jr., followed by an executive summary and an introduction. Four case studies include: (1) experts' opposition to high-stakes testing in Texas; (2) in North Carolina; (3) concerns raised in connection with the National…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Case Studies, Elementary Secondary Education, High Stakes Tests
Walter, L. James; And Others – Catalyst, The Journal of the Nebraska Council of School Administrators, 1981
This special issue of "Catalyst", entitled Testing Programs in Schools: What's New?, was published jointly by the Nebraska Council of School Administrators and the Nebraska Association for Supervision and Curriculum. The articles emphasize desirability of designing testing programs to meet the information needs of educators and the…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Information Utilization, Latent Trait Theory, Program Improvement
Hiscox, Michael D.; And Others – 1983
A series of reports informs educators and parents about the Alaska Statewide Assessment, a program designed to measure student performance in mathematics and reading. The first report covers the 1981 assessment, proposed planning and changes in the program for 1983, evaluation plans, and test scores. Report 2 describes the progress of score…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Achievement Tests, Evaluation Methods, Grade 4
Crawford, A. E., II – ESS Reports, 1991
The report "UNO Act Class Profile, 1989-90" in the first of two serial issues presents salient parts of data from "The Class Profile Report" of the American College Testing (ACT) Corporation, which provides detailed information concerning the academic past of 1,359 freshmen entering the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) in…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, College Entrance Examinations, College Freshmen, English
Anderson, Lorin W. – 1979
Several questions are frequently asked by parents and news media regarding the purpose, content, and interpretation of the Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills (CTBS)--the achievement battery currently used in South Carolina assessment programs. Proper interpretation of the CTBS, or any school district testing program, requires a sound…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Guides, Information Dissemination, News Media
