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[National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB) Achievement Levels. Interim Letter Report.

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Chelimsky, Eleanor – 1992

This letter is an interim response to the October 7, 1991 request from the Committee on Education and Labor and the Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education of the House of Representatives asking for a review of the National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB) achievement levels for the National Assessment of Educational…

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Data Analysis, Government Role

National Testing or Political Testing: Is There a Difference?

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Rudman, Herbert C. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1993

Differences between national testing as discussed in the most recent report of the National Council on Education, Standards, and Testing, and by the Office of Technology Assessment are reviewed. National testing is not new, but the political use of nationally standardized achievement tests is a recent and dangerous trend. (SLD)

Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education, National Competency Tests