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Davidson, Marcia R.; Howell, Kenneth W. – Diagnostique, 1997
Reviews problems with the current movement to use national standards and performance assessment to reform education and the impact of the standards on students with disabilities. The characteristics of standards, as they are currently being employed, are discussed, along with issues related to measurement, reliability, and validity. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Disabilities, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education
Howell, Kenneth W. – Diagnostique, 1990
The Test of Mathematical Abilities is used to identify students (ages 8-18) who are above or below age peers in 5 areas (attitude toward math, vocabulary, computation, general information, and story problems). This paper describes the test's administration, summation of data, standardization, reliability, and validity. (JDD)
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Diagnostic Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted
Howell, Kenneth W.; And Others – Diagnostique, 1993
This survey of educators examined validity issues in Arizona's program of authentic assessment of written communication. The paper concludes that authentic measures lack meaningful standards. Major flaws were reported in the areas of "fairness,""transfer and generalizability,""content quality," and…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Minority Groups
