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The Technical Quality of Performance Assessments: Standard Errors of Percents of Pupils Reaching Standards.
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Yen, Wendy M. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1997
The accuracy of statistics based on performance assessments that represent percentages of students reaching standards is explored using data from a large-scale performance assessment, the Maryland School Performance Assessment Program. Results with students in grades 3, 5, and 8 support the accuracy of pooling results to produce the statistics.…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Education, Error of Measurement, Performance Based Assessment
Determining the Validity of Performance-Based Assessment.
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Burger, Susan E.; Burger, Donald L. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1994
One means of establishing the validity of performance-based assessments is to determine whether the criteria for basic competencies on performance tests are reasonable in relation to expected (nationally normed) age-level performance. Links between performances on three assessments in Michigan and the Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills illustrate…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Age Differences, Competence, Criteria