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Download full textAudrey Amrein-Beardsley; Zarrina T. Azizova; Norman P. Gibbs; Chukwu Ikegwuonu; Jeongeun Kim; Deborah Michele La Torre; Matthew R. Lavery; Margarita Pivovarova; Yi Zheng – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2025
In response to a call for research on using the SATs and ACTs for U.S.-based college and university admissions, researchers systematically interrogated the literature surrounding both tests, using a framework for validity evidence built upon the "Standards of Educational and Psychological Testing" and Kane's contemporary view of…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Test Validity, Psychometrics, Decision Making
Direct linkGewirtz, Sharon; Maguire, Meg; Neumann, Eszter; Towers, Emma – Journal of Education Policy, 2021
Informed by the ideology of 'deliverology', performance measurement has become a core component of how English schools are held accountable for the quality of their provision. A wealth of research conducted in diverse national contexts where this approach has been influential has suggested that the unintended harms it generates -- including a…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Educational Quality, Educational Improvement, Teaching Methods
Kirkup, Catherine; Schagen, Ian; Wheater, Rebecca; Morrison, Jo; Whetton, Chris – National Foundation for Educational Research, 2007
In September 2005 the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) in association with the Department for Education and Skills (DfES), the Sutton Trust and the College Board, began a five-year research study to examine the validity of an aptitude test in higher education admissions. This report describes and explores the relationships…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Academic Achievement, Student Surveys, Aptitude Tests
