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Estimation of the All Tests Pass Rate When No Examinee Took All of the Tests
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Miller, G. Edward; Yoes, Michael E.; Twing, Jon S. – Applied Measurement in Education, 2004
Two models are presented in this article for estimating the proportion of students who would pass all of three or more content area tests given that none have actually been tested in more than two of the content areas. The first model allows one to estimate the proportion of students who would pass all of three or more content area tests from the…
Descriptors: Scores, Standardized Tests, Student Evaluation, Testing Programs
"GI Forum v. Texas Education Agency": Implications for State Assessment Programs.
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Ward, Cynthia A. – Applied Measurement in Education, 2000
Discusses the implications of the "GI Forum v. Texas Education Agency" (2000) decision supporting the use of the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills for other state assessment programs. Notes that the legal success of the state test in Texas was not due merely to good fortune, but to the test's adherence to legally defensible principles.…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Legal Problems
Accountability Is Overdue: Testing the Academic Achievement of Limited English Proficient Students.
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Porter, Rosalie P. – Applied Measurement in Education, 2000
Describes approaches taken in Texas to bring about academic accountability for students of limited English proficiency through evaluating and reporting annually on their progress in English-language literacy and their learning of school subjects and by documenting the growth in successful performance on state tests by this special population. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Academic Achievement, Accountability, Achievement Tests
The History of Statewide Achievement Testing in Texas.
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Cruse, Keith L.; Twing, Jon S. – Applied Measurement in Education, 2000
Provides a chronological summary of the evolution of statewide achievement tests in Texas to facilitate understanding of the issues behind the "GI Forum v. Texas Education Agency" litigation (1999), which challenged the curricular links of the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills and other "opportunity to learn" issues. (SLD)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Graduation Requirements
Generalizability of Large-Scale Performance Assessments in Science: Promises and Problems.
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Gao, Xiaohong; And Others – Applied Measurement in Education, 1994
This study provides empirical evidence about the sampling variability and generalizability (reliability) of a statewide performance assessment for grade six. Results for 600 students at individual and school levels indicate that task-sampling variability was the major source of measurement error. Rater-sampling variability was negligible. (SLD)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Assessment, Elementary School Students, Error of Measurement
The Devaluation of Standardized Testing: One District's Response to a Mandated Assessment.
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Moore, William P. – Applied Measurement in Education, 1994
Teacher testing-related attitudes and practices related to court-ordered achievement testing were studied through a mail survey completed by 79 elementary school teachers in a midwestern urban district. Teachers engaged in a large number of test preparation practices and reported finding minimal value in purpose or results of testing. (SLD)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Court Litigation, Educational Assessment, Educational Practices