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Download full textStites, Regie – National Institute for Literacy, 2005
This "Research to Practice Note" provides an overview of the cognitive science and measurement theory and research findings that support the EFF approach to assessment. Among the key findings addressed are the following: (1) Good assessment is grounded in a clear and explicit model of the cognitive processes that underlie complex and purposeful…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Educational Assessment, Cognitive Processes, Sciences
Hirsh-Pasek, Kathy; Kochanoff, Anita; Newcombe, Nora S.; de Villiers, Jill – Society for Research in Child Development, 2005
The "No Child Left Behind Act" of 2001 crystallized the concern for accountability in education. National testing was mandated as a way to improve the "broken" educational system. Publicly funded early education programs were not spared from such testing. While the positive effects of high-quality early education on children's…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Accountability, Early Childhood Education, Educational Assessment
