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Download full textMcMillan, James H. – 2000
This digest presents 11 basic principles to guide the assessment training and professional development of teachers and administrators. These are: (1) assessment is inherently a process of professional judgment; (2) assessment is based on separate but related principles of measurement evidence and evaluation; (3) assessment decision-making is…
Descriptors: Administrators, Educational Assessment, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education
Marzano, Robert J. – 1996
This digest presents eight questions that pertain to how standards-based education affects classroom instruction and assessment at the local level. Various options and recommendations are provided to help education officials determine the practical concerns of standards-based education. The following questions are explored: (1) where will the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Benchmarking, Educational Assessment
Perrone, Vito – 1991
This ERIC Digest was adapted from the Association for Childhood Education International's (ACEI) 1991 position paper on standardized testing. Since the publication of "A Nation at Risk" in 1983, standardized testing programs have expanded greatly. Tests may be of pencil-and-paper or performance-oriented varieties. The purposes of tests…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Katz, Lilian G. – 1997
The concept of developmental appropriateness can be applied to the assessment of young children. Clarifying the main purpose for which children are assessed can help determine what kinds of assessments would be most appropriate. Assessment of individual children might serve one of the following purposes: (1) to determine progress on significant…
Descriptors: Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Childhood Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Baker, Eva L.; Linn, Robert L. – 1991
The Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST) attempts to advance the understanding of educational quality by research and development on the design, implementation, analysis, and use of assessment information. CRESST's research programs are directed at five major goals: (1) provide leadership to improve assessment…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Educational Assessment, Educational Improvement, Educational Policy
Shafer, Mary Morello – 1992
Examining testing practices in other countries can help formulate ideas and issues in establishing a national assessment system in the United States. Based on recent reports by the Office of Technology and Assessment and the National Endowment for the Humanities, this digest provides an overview of the national examinations in several European…
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, College Admission, College Entrance Examinations, Comparative Analysis
