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Stoneberg, Bert D. – Online Submission, 2007
The No Child Left Behind Act sanctions the use of NAEP scores to confirm state testing results. The U.S. Department of Education, as test developer, is responsible to set forth how NAEP scores are to be interpreted and used. Thus far, the Department has not published a clear set of guidelines for using NAEP achievement level scores to conduct a…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Test Results, Testing Programs, Guidelines
Croft, Michelle C.; Waltman, Kris; Middleton, Kyndra; Stevenson, Erika – Online Submission, 2005
The study was designed to develop a greater understanding of how test preparation practices/activities have changed in a state with an established testing program that has recently begun to use test scores for school-level accountability purposes. Teachers within 24 public high schools completed a questionnaire related to the use of test…
Descriptors: Testing Programs, Testing, Nonparametric Statistics, Accountability
Hanson, Anne Marie – Online Submission, 2006
The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 calls for 100% proficiency in reading and mathematics by 2014. The mandate thus transforms reading and mathematics into high-stakes subject areas. This quantitative cross-sectional study examined legislated testing mandates in relation to burnout subscales, emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and personal…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Teacher Burnout, Urban Schools, Mathematics Education