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Keeping up the Pace: Evaluating Grade 8 Student Achievement Outcomes for New Hampshire's Innovative Assessment System
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Perez, Alexandra Lane; Evans, Carla – Applied Measurement in Education, 2023
New Hampshire's Performance Assessment of Competency Education (PACE) innovative assessment system uses student scores from classroom performance assessments as well as other classroom tests for school accountability purposes. One concern is that not having annual state testing may incentivize schools and teachers away from teaching the breadth of…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Competency Based Education, Evaluation Methods, Educational Innovation
Do National and State Assessments Converge for Educational Accountability? A Meta-Analytic Synthesis of Multiple Measures in Maine and Kentucky
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Lee, Jaekyung – Applied Measurement in Education, 2007
Given the policy imperative of using multiple measures for state education accountability under the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), this study examines similarities and discrepancies between the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) and the states' own math assessment results in Kentucky and Maine, with a focus on 3 major academic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Federal Legislation, Achievement Gains, National Competency Tests
Vertically Moderated Standards: Background, Assumptions, and Practices
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Huynh, Huynh; Schneider, Christina – Applied Measurement in Education, 2005
Developmental (vertical) scales are often constructed for subject areas such as reading and mathematics that are taught continuously in elementary schools. In other subjects such as science, and across a wider grade span, such scales are hard to justify. For tracking student progress and school accountability (including the No Child Left Behind…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, National Competency Tests, Accountability, Academic Achievement
Performance Assessment: State Activity, Interest, and Concerns.
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Aschbacher, Pamela R. – Applied Measurement in Education, 1991
The University of California's (Los Angeles) Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing survey of state assessment directors reveals that about 25 states currently study or develop performance assessments. Obstacles to statewide use of performance assessments were expressed. The new Student Assessment Exchange should…
Descriptors: Accountability, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Assessment, Educational Improvement
Facing the Challenges of a New Era of Educational Assessment.
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Stiggins, Richard J. – Applied Measurement in Education, 1991
The old era of educational assessment and reasons for its demise are described. The new era will be different and will present four challenges to the assessment community: (1) new assessment targets; (2) technical challenges of alternative assessments; (3) demystifying assessment and evaluation; and (4) reexamining assessment priorities. (SLD)
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Assessment, Educational History, Educational Policy