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Herman, Joan L.; Osmundson, Ellen; Dietel, Ronald – Assessment and Accountability Comprehensive Center, 2010
This report describes the purposes of benchmark assessments and provides recommendations for selecting and using benchmark assessments--addressing validity, alignment, reliability, fairness and bias and accessibility, instructional sensitivity, utility, and reporting issues. We also present recommendations on building capacity to support schools'…
Descriptors: Multiple Choice Tests, Test Items, Benchmarking, Educational Assessment
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Williams, David D. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1986
Through a description and comparison of standards for evaluation and criteria for judging naturalistic inquires some potential conflicts in using naturalistic methods are identified. Analysis of problems suggests that compromises in the use of evaluation standards and criteria for naturalistic procedures are usually necessary. (Author/JAZ)
Descriptors: Conflict of Interest, Credibility, Ethics, Evaluation Criteria
Koretz, Daniel; And Others – 1993
The 1992-93 school year was the second year of the implementation of the Vermont assessment program. Evaluation of the 1991-92 year yielded mixed results, with some evidence that the assessment program was having a strong impact on instruction, but other indications that the reliability of the portfolio scoring in both writing and mathematics was…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization