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Raudonyte, Ieva – UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning, 2021
Large-scale learning assessments can be used to generate performance and contextual data on student learning outcomes. They can be national, regional, or international; school based or household based. The UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP-UNESCO) has conducted a qualitative study to explore both how and why learning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Measurement, Data Use, Educational Planning
New Leaders, 2015
How and how much should students be tested? What information should schools and districts be required to collect and monitor? And what should be done when that information suggests a school is not meeting the expectations? Those questions are at the heart of Congressional discussions regarding the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary…
Descriptors: Accountability, Data Collection, Educational Policy, Principals
Ujifusa, Andrew – Education Week, 2012
Results from new state tests in Kentucky--the first in the nation explicitly tied to the Common Core State Standards--show that the share of students scoring "proficient" or better in reading and math dropped by roughly a third or more in both elementary and middle school the first year the tests were given. Kentucky in 2010 was the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, State Standards, Scoring, Testing Programs
Australian Council for Educational Research, 2015
Monitoring Trends in Educational Growth (MTEG) offers a flexible, collaborative approach to developing and implementing an assessment of learning outcomes that yields high-quality, nationally relevant data. MTEG is a service that involves ACER staff working closely with each country to develop an assessment program that meets the country's…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Educational Trends, Progress Monitoring, Educational Quality
Mullis, Ina V. S., Ed.; Martin, Michael O., Ed. – International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2013
Because developing reading literacy ability is vital to every student's growth and maturation, the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, more widely known as IEA, has been conducting regular international assessments of reading literacy and the factors associated with its acquisition in countries around the world…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Literacy, Reading Tests, Reading Achievement
Shah, Nirvi – Education Week, 2012
Despite a pending policy change aimed at including more students with disabilities and English-language learners (ELLs) in the "nation's report card," the federal agency that administers the national testing program appears to be softening the penalty for states that fail to improve inclusion rates. The disagreement underscores the…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Academic Achievement, National Competency Tests, Testing Programs
Pennsylvania Department of Education, 2010
This handbook describes the responsibilities of district and school assessment coordinators in the administration of the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA). This updated guidebook contains the following sections: (1) General Assessment Guidelines for All Assessments; (2) Writing Specific Guidelines; (3) Reading and Mathematics…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Guides, Educational Assessment, Writing Tests
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
Ferrara, Steve; Perie, Marianne; Johnson, Eugene – Journal of Applied Testing Technology, 2008
Psychometricians continue to introduce new approaches to setting cut scores for educational assessments in an attempt to improve on current methods. In this paper we describe the Item-Descriptor (ID) Matching method, a method based on IRT item mapping. In ID Matching, test content area experts match items (i.e., their judgments about the knowledge…
Descriptors: Test Results, Test Content, Testing Programs, Educational Testing
Center on Education Policy, 2010
This paper provides information about Mississippi Subject Area Testing Program. The purpose of the exam is to: (1) Determine prospective high school graduates' mastery of the state curriculum; (2) Provide data to state policymakers on student attainment of state education goals to inform education policy decisions; (2) Increase alignment of local…
Descriptors: Testing Programs, State Standards, Testing, High School Graduates

Ryan, Katherine – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2002
Proposes a process approach to validity that addresses assessment validation in the context of high-stakes assessment. This approach includes a test evaluator or validator who considers the perspectives of five stakeholder groups at four different stages of assessment maturity in relation to six aspects of construct validity. Illustrates each…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluators, High Stakes Tests
Elford, George – Momentum, 1989
Discusses the features of the National Catholic Educational Association's newest instruments for assessing students' faith, attitudes about religious and social questions, and religious practice. Describes the 1989 administration of the Assessment of Catholic Religious Education multi-level instruments. (DMM)
Descriptors: Beliefs, Catholic Schools, Catholics, Educational Assessment
Corvallis School District 509J, OR. – 1980
The Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills (CTBS) was administered to pupils in Grades 2 through 7, 9 and 11 during the 1979-80 school year as part of the Corvallis School District's testing program. Results of the CTBS, herein expressed as mean (average) percentile rank scores from each of the grades tested, are compared with those of prior years.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Comparative Analysis, Educational Assessment
Iowa Department of Education, 2010
For 21 years the Annual Condition of Education Report has helped the Iowa Department of Education meet its goal, providing valuable information on everything from enrollment to student performance, from the teachers to finances to the demographics. The data for this annual report are presented according to: (1) Background Demographics; (2)…
Descriptors: Educational Indicators, Academic Achievement, Educational Finance, Enrollment Trends
Citizens Commission on Civil Rights, Washington, DC. – 1998
The progress states have made toward fulfilling their requirements under Title I of the Improving America's Schools Act is reported. Some states are reporting that they have developed content standards for some subjects, but not for others. In some states, both local school district and state standards are being developed. In all, 43 states had…
Descriptors: Accountability, Compensatory Education, Disabilities, Educational Assessment