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Shavelson, Richard J.; Young, Donald B.; Ayala, Carlos C.; Brandon, Paul R.; Furtak, Erin Marie; Ruiz-Primo, Maria Araceli; Tomita, Miki K.; Yin, Yue – Applied Measurement in Education, 2008
Assessment of and for learning has occupied center stage in education reform, especially with the advent of the No Child Left Behind Federal legislation. This study examined the formative function of assessment--assessment for learning--recognizing that such assessment needs to be aligned, at least in part, with the summative function of…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Formative Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, Educational Change
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Pomplun, Mark – Applied Measurement in Education, 1997
A method to investigate consequential evidence of validity for a state assessment developed to change teacher instructional practices is presented. Survey responses from over 1,000 Kansas teachers were used to construct a path model that allowed effects of the state assessment to be studied at building and teacher levels. (SLD)
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Instructional Effectiveness, Path Analysis