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Glass, Gene V. – Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation, 2011
This monograph has grown out of a series of discussions and a six-month period of reading and reflecting on the literature which were initiated by Fritz Mosher's suggestions to the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) to examine the "standards" question. Conversations with Mosher himself and the staff of NAEP have been most…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, National Competency Tests, Measurement, Measurement Objectives
Have National Assessments Made Us Any Wiser about 'Standards'?
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Wood, Robert; Power, Colin – Comparative Education, 1984
An analysis of national programs for monitoring student achievement in Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States finds that "national assessment" promotes a view of "standards" which is narrow, limiting, and definitely not conducive to the emergence of flexible and imaginative educational policies designed to cope…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Definitions
The National Assessment of Educational Progress.
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Womer, Frank B.; Martin, Wayne H. – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1979
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is a longitudinal study designed to measure changes in the knowledge, skills, and understandings of young Americans, ages 9, 13, 17, and 26-35. This overview discusses some special aspects of NAEP, and explains its history and governance. (MH) Aspect of National Assessment (NAEP) dealt with in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Assessment, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education