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Echternacht, Gary – New Directions for Testing and Measurement, 1980
The federally mandated evaluation system resulted from past failures to provide Congress with accurate information on how well Title I was working. The new system which is designed to aggregate locally developed evaluations into a national summary is described. (Author/RL)
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Descriptions, Program Development
Wilson, Kenneth M.; Donlon, Thomas F. – New Directions for Testing and Measurement, 1980
Functional-level testing is fundamental to the evaluation models of the Elementary Secondary Education Act Title I Evaluation and Reporting System, although criteria for determining what is a functional-level test are unclear. Reliability and validity of test scores in the range of chance is at issue. (Author/RL)
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Equated Scores, Guessing (Tests)