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Starr, Karen – AASA Journal of Scholarship & Practice, 2014
This article is a commentary on Australia's involvement in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) tests. It provides a rationale for Australia's participation in the PISA programme, the influences of PISA involvement on education policies and practices, and considerations and implications for school leaders and education…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Educational Practices, Comparative Education
Wei, Ruth Chung; Pecheone, Raymond L.; Wilczak, Katherine L. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2015
Since the passage of No Child Left Behind, large-scale assessments have come to play a central role in federal and state education accountability systems. Teachers and parents have expressed a number of concerns about their state testing programs, such as too much time devoted to testing and the high-stakes use of testing for teacher evaluation.…
Descriptors: State Programs, Testing Programs, State Standards, Testing Problems
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Wagner, Daniel A.; Lockheed, Marlaine; Mullis, Ina; Martin, Michael O.; Kanjee, Anil; Gove, Amber; Dowd, Amy Jo – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2012
Over the past decade, international and national education agencies have begun to emphasize the improvement of the quality (rather than quantity) of education in developing countries. This trend has been paralleled by a significant increase in the use of educational assessments as a way to measure gains and losses in quality of learning. As…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Educational Assessment, Reading Tests
Timpane, Michael – 1978
Although there has always been some form of accountability in education, in the last decade the American educational system has instituted a new kind of accountability. This accountability has sprung from increased federal involvement in education, states' needs to justify increased educational expenditures, and increased citizen involvement in…
Descriptors: Accountability, Citizen Participation, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
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Lissitz, Robert W.; Schafer, William D. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 1993
Introduces special journal issue on policy-driven assessment in elementary and secondary schools by highlighting themes in the 13 articles in the issue and by posing questions related to new policies and testing practices that are being implemented in the schools. Also presents conjectures about state and national testing programs. (NB)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, National Norms, Public Policy
Spagnolo, Joseph A. – 1997
A state superintendent of education discusses standards from the point of view of a policymaker, acknowledging both educational and political elements. The objective for the policymaker is to take the work of researchers and educational theorists and make it something that practitioners and ultimately the public can understand. The first thing is…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Educational Policy, Educational Research, Educational Technology
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Ziomek, Robert L.; Maxey, James – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 1993
Contends that, although national system of testing is neither efficient nor valid as means of inspiring educational reform, certain principles can lead to effective uses of assessment at local and state levels. Suggests nine guidelines for school district staff, State Department of Education personnel, and policymakers to follow in comprehensively…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, National Norms, School Policy, Testing Programs
Cuban, Larry – 1991
Test misuse is neither isolated nor recent. It is a problem that cannot be easily solved. While test misuse may be reduced or managed, it cannot be eliminated. Test misuse has cut across America's social, economic, and political institutions, including schools. The most flagrant abuse of a test is what happens to the results of the Scholastic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Assessment, Educational History, Educational Policy
Geenen, Kristin; And Others – 1993
This report provides updated information on major national activities related to the development and assessment of educational outcomes of students with disabilities who are receiving special education services. The report reviews major initiatives in the areas of the national education goals (Goals 2000), standards, and national testing. The…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Disabilities, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives
Futrell, Mary Hatwood – National Forum: Phi Kappa Phi Journal, 1993
Four national educational reform initiatives (national goals for schools, core curriculum, national student examination system, and teacher certification processes) are examined and policy implications discussed. It is argued that, although these initiatives are progressing, they will not succeed without sustained commitment on the parts of the…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Change Strategies, Comparative Analysis, Core Curriculum
Kirst, Michael W. – 1986
Commissioned papers on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) have recommended new roles for NAEP, but its system of governance, as conceived in the 1960s, was not designed for all these functions. The NAEP Policy Committee, revised in 1978, never envisioned the current interest in a linkage system relating local and state…
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Educational Assessment, Educational Legislation, Educational Policy
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Tornatzky, Louis G.; Johnson, Elmima C. – Evaluation and Program Planning: An International Journal, 1982
In view of social processes, politics and the logistics of conducting evaluations, several implicit assumptions of the field challenged by findings on innovation implementation are reviewed. These studies have major implications for evaluation practice, evaluator roles, the use of evaluation results, and the federal role in evaluation. (Author/CM)
Descriptors: Evaluation Utilization, Evaluators, Federal Government, Innovation
Broadfoot, Patricia – 1987
Some of the assumptions underlying educational assessment policies in England and Wales are discussed in terms of contradictions in the aims of those policies. Two key initiatives--the national "bench-mark" testing and records of achievement--provide the focus for illustrating the potentially fundamental change of emphasis in the nature…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Policy, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education
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Ewell, Peter T.; Jones, Dennis P. – Journal of General Education, 1993
Discusses reasons for supporting indirect indicators to track higher education's progress in teaching critical thinking, communication, and problem-solving skills. Outlines the primary characteristics of indirect indicators. Provides specific examples of different indirect indicators, analyzing data collection methods. Assesses the viability of…
Descriptors: College Outcomes Assessment, Data Collection, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Goldberg, Mark – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2005
Compared to 2004 issues concerning the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), this year's issues in play are even more complex. First, much more media attention has been paid to testing, in particular to the No Child Left Behind Act and its required Adequate Yearly Progress on state tests. Second, objections to various aspects of testing have increased…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Federal Legislation, High Stakes Tests, Testing Programs
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