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Up Against the Wall: Psychometrics Meets Praxis.

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LeMahieu, Paul G.; Wallace, Richard C. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1986

This article presents the viewpoint that care must be taken to fit the specifics of a testing program to its intended purpose. Testing for diagnosing individual student learning and for school evaluation should not be confused. Statewide testing programs may provide evaluative information, but are inadequate sources of diagnostic information. (LMO)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavioral Objectives, Diagnostic Tests, Elementary Secondary Education

Portfolios in Large-Scale Assessment: Difficult but Not Impossible.

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LeMahieu, Paul G.; And Others – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1995

Results are presented from a study of portfolio use for large-scale assessment in the Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania) public schools that are more encouraging for the use of this form of assessment than many other studies have been. Requirements for the psychometric integrity of portfolio assessment are discussed. (SLD)

Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Performance Based Assessment, Portfolios (Background Materials), Psychometrics