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Download full textTannenbaum, Richard J.; Kane, Michael T. – ETS Research Report Series, 2019
Testing programs are often classified as high or low stakes to indicate how stringently they need to be evaluated. However, in practice, this classification falls short. A high-stakes label is taken to imply that all indicators of measurement quality must meet high standards; whereas a low-stakes label is taken to imply the opposite. This approach…
Descriptors: High Stakes Tests, Testing Programs, Measurement, Evaluation Criteria
Sturgis, Chris – International Association for K-12 Online Learning, 2014
This paper is part of a series investigating the implementation of competency education. The purpose of the paper is to explore how districts and schools can redesign grading systems to best help students to excel in academics and to gain the skills that are needed to be successful in college, the community, and the workplace. In order to make the…
Descriptors: Grading, Competency Based Education, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Research
Buchmiller, Archie A. – 1973
Legislation enacted to attain educational accountability is discussed. At present, 23 states have such enactments. The major kinds of accountability enacted in each of these states are one or more of the following: PPBS, MIS, Uniform Accounting, Testing, Evaluation of Professional Employees, and Performance Contracting. The three most frequently…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Legislation
Wise, Helen – 1974
Although emphatically not against the concept of educational accountability, the National Education Association (NEA) feels that a redirection is needed in the implementation of such a system. Because of error, especially in testing minority and poor children, accountability programs should never use test results as the major source of data but…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Assessment, Evaluation Criteria, State Programs
National Education Association, Washington, DC. – 1974
In addition to some general and basic principles regarding the importance of an acceptable accountability system, a number of specific criteria for evaluating state accountability programs is provided. The stated purposes of such a system and the specific uses of the resulting data should be clear and concise. Local control must be retained and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Data Collection, Educational Assessment, Evaluation Criteria
PDF pending restorationWomer, Frank B. – 1973
Education has become one of America's biggest industries. As a result, the public wants some evidence concerning the quality of the educational program. This booklet was written to delineate the role of assessment as an important aspect of a comprehensive accountability system for the nation's elementary and secondary schools. It describes what…
Descriptors: Accountability, Developmental Tasks, Elementary Schools, Evaluation Criteria
Naugle, Helen H. – 1977
To assure that students graduating from the institutions of higher education in Georgia possess basic academic literacy, an essay test was devised to provide system-wide information on the status of student competence in the areas of reading and writing and to identify those students who do not attain the expected levels of competence. The…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, English Instruction, Essay Tests
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1985
A followup to a 1980 General Accounting Office (GAO) report was undertaken to evaluate public and private activities that addressed problems created by U.S. citizens studying medicine abroad and returning to the United States to practice medicine. The 1980 report made suggestions to ensure that U.S. foreign medical graduates received education and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Accreditation (Institutions), Agency Cooperation, Certification
Montgomery, David C., Ed.; Duckwall, Julia, Ed. – 1980
Proceedings of a Florida statewide conference on quality in higher education are presented. Topics include the following: databases, the community colleges' accounting for quality, program budgeting, and trends in truth in testing. Transcripts of a panel discussion on databases and the following papers and reports are included: "Quality and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Advisory Committees, Basic Skills, Community Colleges
