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Koljatic, Mladen; Silva, Mónica; Sireci, Stephen G. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2021
In this article we address the mounting criticism and rejection of standardized tests used in the selection of students for college or university education. Admission tests are being increasingly demonized in many parts of the world and many colleges and universities are dropping tests for selection purposes, claiming the tests are detrimental to…
Descriptors: College Admission, College Entrance Examinations, Standardized Tests, Selection Criteria
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Zwick, Rebecca – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2019
Selection decisions have a major impact on our education, occupation, and quality of life, and the role of standardized tests in selection has always been a source of controversy. Here, I consider various definitions of fairness in measurement and selection--those emerging from within educational measurement and statistics, those from philosophy,…
Descriptors: Culture Fair Tests, Decision Making, Standardized Tests, Selection Criteria
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Flowers, Claudia; Wakeman, Shawnee; Browder, Diane M.; Karvonen, Meagan – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2009
This article describes an alignment procedure, called Links for Academic Learning (LAL), for examining the degree of alignment of alternate assessments based on alternate achievement standards (AA-AAS) to grade-level content standards and instruction. Although some of the alignment criteria are similar to those used in general education…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Criteria, Alignment (Education), Alternative Assessment
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Wu, Margaret – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2010
In large-scale assessments, such as state-wide testing programs, national sample-based assessments, and international comparative studies, there are many steps involved in the measurement and reporting of student achievement. There are always sources of inaccuracies in each of the steps. It is of interest to identify the source and magnitude of…
Descriptors: Testing Programs, Educational Assessment, Measures (Individuals), Program Effectiveness
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Frey, Andreas; Hartig, Johannes; Rupp, Andre A. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2009
In most large-scale assessments of student achievement, several broad content domains are tested. Because more items are needed to cover the content domains than can be presented in the limited testing time to each individual student, multiple test forms or booklets are utilized to distribute the items to the students. The construction of an…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Test Construction, Theory Practice Relationship, Design
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Stiggins, Richard J. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1999
Presents a set of program-evaluation criteria teacher-training institutions can use to examine the quality of their current assessment-training programs. Develops a self-study method for teacher-training programs. (SLD)
Descriptors: Criteria, Higher Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Program Evaluation
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Plake, Barbara S.; Impara, James C.; Buckendahl, Chad W. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2004
Nebraska districts use different strategies for measuring student performance on the state's content standards. District assessments differ in type and technical quality. Six quality criteria were endorsed by the state. These criteria cover content and curricular validity, fairness, and appropriateness of score interpretations. District assessment…
Descriptors: Portfolios Assessment, Criteria, School Districts, Evaluation Methods