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Shavelson, Richard J.; And Others – Educational Researcher, 1992
Investigates the validity and reliability of performance assessments using data from over 300 fifth and sixth graders. Results demonstrate the gap between the reality of measurement through performance assessments and the political rhetoric that would institute these assessments in a national examination system in the immediate future. (SLD)
Descriptors: Accountability, Computer Assisted Testing, Educational Assessment, Educational Change