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Download full textFeuer, Michael J. – Educational Testing Service, 2011
Few arguments about education are as effective at galvanizing public attention and motivating political action as those that compare the performance of students with their counterparts in other countries and that connect academic achievement to economic performance. Because data from international large-scale assessments (ILSA) have a powerful…
Descriptors: International Assessment, Test Interpretation, Testing Problems, Comparative Testing
Zwick, Rebecca – Educational Testing Service, 2010
Political perspectives on the advisability of state achievement comparisons have changed substantially over the last half-century. As Selden (2004) noted regarding the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), "[w]hen it began in the 1960s, NAEP specifically was designed "not" to provide comparisons among states. This was…
Descriptors: National Competency Tests, Academic Achievement, Educational Policy, Federal Legislation
