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Peer reviewedShavelson, Richard J.; Solano-Flores, Guillermo; Ruiz-Primo, Maria Araceli – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1998
Research on developing technology for large-scale performance assessments in science is reported briefly, and a conceptual framework is presented for defining, generating, and evaluating science performance assessments. Types of tasks are discussed, and the technical qualities of performance assessments are discussed in the context of…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Generalizability Theory, Models, Performance Based Assessment
Download full textBetebenner, Damian W. – 1998
The zeitgeist for reform in education precipitated a number of changes in assessment. Among these are performance assessments, sometimes linked to "high stakes" accountability decisions. In some instances, the trustworthiness of these decisions is based on variance components and error variances derived through generalizability theory.…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Change, Error of Measurement, Generalizability Theory
Phillips, Gary W., Ed. – 1996
Recently, there has been a significant expansion in the use of performance assessment in large scale testing programs. Although there has been significant support from curriculum and policy stakeholders, the technical feasibility of large scale performance assessments has remained a question. This report is intended to contribute to the debate by…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Generalizability Theory, Performance Based Assessment, Psychometrics
