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Cizek, Gregory J.; Hirsch, Thomas; Trent, E. Roger; Crandell, Jan – Educational Assessment, 2001
Studied a policy requiring students to obtain a specified level of performance on a state's reading proficiency test. Analyses of the scores of 5,611 students show a high degree of agreement among educators' judgments and students' performance, but they also show that educators' operational definitions of adequate preparation in reading vary in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Educational Change, Educational Policy