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Thissen, David – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2015
In "Adapting Educational Measurement to the Demands of Test-Based Accountability" Koretz takes the time-honored engineering approach to educational measurement, identifying specific problems with current practice and proposing minimal modifications of the system to alleviate those problems. In response to that article, David Thissen…
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Accountability, Testing Problems, Test Construction
Koretz, Daniel – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2015
Accountability has become a primary function of large-scale testing in the United States. The pressure on educators to raise scores is vastly greater than it was several decades ago. Research has shown that high-stakes testing can generate behavioral responses that inflate scores, often severely. I argue that because of these responses, using…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Testing, Test Construction, Test Validity
Briggs, Derek C. – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2013
In his focus article "How Is Testing Supposed to Improve Schooling?" Ed Haertel distinguishes between seven uses of educational tests as a function of the intended action and what or who will be influenced by the intended action. He then applies Mike Kane's interpretive argument approach (Kane, 2006) as a basis for speculating about the validity…
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Accountability, Educational Improvement, Teacher Evaluation
American Educational Research Association (AERA), 2014
Developed jointly by the American Educational Research Association, American Psychological Association, and the National Council on Measurement in Education, "Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing" (Revised 2014) addresses professional and technical issues of test development and use in education, psychology, and…
Descriptors: Standards, Educational Testing, Psychological Testing, Test Construction
Bejar, Isaac I.; Graf, E. Aurora – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2010
The duplex design by Bock and Mislevy for school-based testing is revisited and evaluated as a potential platform in test-based accountability assessments today. We conclude that the model could be useful in meeting the many competing demands of today's test-based accountability assessments, although many research questions will need to be…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Assessment, Educational Testing, Test Construction
Brandt, Steffen – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2010
This article presents the author's commentary on "Updating the Duplex Design for Test-Based Accountability in the Twenty-First Century," in which Isaac I. Bejar and E. Aurora Graf propose the application of a test design--the duplex design (which was proposed in 1988 by Bock and Mislevy) for application in current accountability assessments.…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Testing, Test Construction, Computer Assisted Testing
Hadfield, Timothy E.; Hutchison-Lupardus, Tammy R.; Snyder, Jennifer E. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This problem-based learning project addressed the need to improve the construction and implementation of value-added teacher evaluation policies and instruments. State officials are constructing value-added teacher evaluation models due to accountability initiatives, while ignoring the holes and problems in its implementation. The team's…
Descriptors: Scores, Educational Testing, Problem Based Learning, Teacher Evaluation
Hutchison-Lupardus, Tammy R.; Hatfield, Timothy E.; Snyder, Jennifer E. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This problem-based learning project addressed the need to improve the construction and implementation of value-added teacher evaluation policies and instruments. State officials are constructing value-added teacher evaluation models due to accountability initiatives, while ignoring the holes and problems in its implementation. The team's…
Descriptors: Scores, Educational Testing, Problem Based Learning, Teacher Evaluation
Snyder, Jennifer E.; Hadfield, Timothy E.; Hutchison-Lupardus, Tammy R. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This problem-based learning project addressed the need to improve the construction and implementation of value-added teacher evaluation policies and instruments. State officials are constructing value-added teacher evaluation models due to accountability initiatives, while ignoring the holes and problems in its implementation. The team's…
Descriptors: Scores, Educational Testing, Problem Based Learning, Teacher Evaluation
Alonzo, Alicia C. – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2010
In their article "Innovations in Setting Performance Standards for K-12 Test-Based Accountability," Kristen Huff and Barbara S. Plake (2010) lay out three preconditions for continued investment in standard-setting methodology and practice, all focused on the sound development and use of achievement level descriptors (ALDs). Among these…
Descriptors: Standard Setting (Scoring), Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Accountability
Huff, Kristen; Plake, Barbara S. – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2010
Standard setting is a systematic process that uses a combination of judgmental and empirical procedures to make recommendations about where on the score continuum "cut scores" should be placed. Cut scores divide the score scale into categories consistent with the descriptions of student performance associated with multiple levels of achievement.…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, Standard Setting (Scoring)
Quenemoen, Rachel; Albus, Debra; Rogers, Chris; Lazarus, Sheryl – National Center on Educational Outcomes, University of Minnesota, 2010
Some states are developing alternate assessments based on modified achievement standards (AA-MAS) to measure the academic achievement of some students with disabilities (Albus, Lazarus, Thurlow, & Cormier, 2009; Lazarus, Thurlow, Christensen, & Cormier, 2007). These assessments measure the same content as the general assessment for a given…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Measurement Techniques, Alignment (Education), Guidelines
Baker, Eva L. – Educational Assessment, 2007
This article describes the history, evidence warrants, and evolution of the Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing's (CRESST) model-based assessments. It considers alternative interpretations of scientific or practical models and illustrates how model-based assessment addresses both definitions. The components of the…
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Validity, Test Construction
Popham, W. James – Educational Leadership, 2006
What people mean when they use the phrase "content standard" varies all over the lot. In some states, content standards are little more than category labels describing collections of curricular aims in particular content areas. If a state's content standards are too numerous, then teachers do not know where to aim their instructional efforts. This…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, State Standards, Curriculum Development, Accountability
Whetton, Chris – Educational Research, 2009
Background: National curriculum assessment (NCA) in England has been in place for nearly 20 years. It has its origins in a political desire to regulate education, holding schools accountable. However, its form and nature also reflect educational and curriculum concerns and technical assessment issues. Purpose: The aim of the article is to provide…
Descriptors: National Curriculum, Biographies, Foreign Countries, Accountability