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Fitzgerald, Jill; Shanahan, Timothy E. – International Literacy Association, 2020
Reading scores exist for a continuum of purposes, from informal assessment to formal standardized tests. This brief aims to answer the question: What matters most for elementary-grade teachers when thinking about reading scores, and what could policymakers do to help teachers? Three positions worth pursuing in this regard are shared: (1) every…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Scores, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers
Kahl, Stuart R.; And Others – 1995
The assessment instruments of the Maine Educational Assessment emphasize extended constructed-response questions. The results from these assessments are reported in terms of percentages of students at four performance levels. The Student-Based Constructed-Response Method was used to establish performance standards for these levels on the…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, Constructed Response, Cutting Scores