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Shapiro, Bernard J. – Highway One, 1985
Describes some forces that have shaped current attitudes toward evaluation of education, presents five guidelines to help in discussions of assessment, and charges teachers with the responsibility of making evaluation effective. (DF)
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria
Download full textHaney, Walt; Madaus, George – 1986
Topics related to the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) are discussed. Issues affecting the impact of testing on education include: what is tested; how scores are referenced; internal versus external sources of testing; and the rewards, sanctions, or stakes associated with test results. Testing has both intentional (direct) and…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Assessment, Educational Policy, Educational Testing
Resnick, Daniel P.; Resnick, Lauren B. – 1987
Recent developments in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) have addressed criticisms of previous assessments and have focused on state education departments as the major clients for test results. NAEP currently indicates progress in academic learning but does not define which aspects of schools are responsible for successes and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Data Collection
R&D Priorities for Educational Testing and Evaluation: The Testimony of the CRESST National Faculty.
Herman, Joan L., Ed. – 1989
At the 1989 meeting of the National Faculty of the Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), faculty members were invited to present testimony on what they viewed as the most pressing research and policy issues in the fields of testing, evaluation, and standards. These views are expressed in this document,…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Agenda Setting, Alternative Assessment
