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No Country Left Behind: Rhetoric and Reality of International Large-Scale Assessment. William H. Angoff Memorial Lecture Series
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Feuer, Michael J. – Educational Testing Service, 2011
Few arguments about education are as effective at galvanizing public attention and motivating political action as those that compare the performance of students with their counterparts in other countries and that connect academic achievement to economic performance. Because data from international large-scale assessments (ILSA) have a powerful…
Descriptors: International Assessment, Test Interpretation, Testing Problems, Comparative Testing
Understanding Achievement and Acting To Produce It: Some Recommendations for NAEP.
Resnick, Daniel P.; Resnick, Lauren B. – 1987
Recent developments in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) have addressed criticisms of previous assessments and have focused on state education departments as the major clients for test results. NAEP currently indicates progress in academic learning but does not define which aspects of schools are responsible for successes and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Data Collection
Information Power: Use it or Loose it. Reflections on the Development and Use of a Statewide Assessment Information System.
Bigelow, Robert A. – 1986
The Delaware Educational Assessment Program publishes annual results from the California Test of Basic Skills by district, school, and grade (1 through 8 and 11). A statewide computer information system was developed to manage the testing program, the massive 10-year longitudinal database, and the information requests received. The Delaware…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Computer Oriented Programs, Educational Assessment