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Impact of Design Effects in Large-Scale District and State Assessments
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Phillips, Gary W. – Applied Measurement in Education, 2015
This article proposes that sampling design effects have potentially huge unrecognized impacts on the results reported by large-scale district and state assessments in the United States. When design effects are unrecognized and unaccounted for they lead to underestimating the sampling error in item and test statistics. Underestimating the sampling…
Descriptors: State Programs, Sampling, Research Design, Error of Measurement
A Statewide Writing Assessment Model: Student Proficiency and Future Implications
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Dappen, Leon; Isernhagen, Jody; Anderson, Sue – Assessing Writing, 2008
This paper is an examination of statewide district writing achievement gain data from the Nebraska Statewide Writing Assessment system and implications for statewide assessment writing models. The writing assessment program is used to gain compliance with the United States No Child Left Behind Law (NCLB), a federal effort to influence school…
Descriptors: Writing Evaluation, Student Evaluation, Federal Legislation, Writing Achievement
Some Common Sense about Statewide Testing Programs.
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Streshly, William A.; Gray, Penny – Clearing House, 1992
Criticizes attempts by states to institute statewide testing programs as a means of improving school accountability. Discusses various examples of how this is being carried out. Presents four recommendations for testing programs. (HB)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Group Testing, State Programs, Student Evaluation