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Download full textFerrara, Steven F.; Thornton, Stephen J. – 1986
Two major issues related to the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) are explored: (1) the roles and responsibilities of federal and state education agencies in reformulating NAEP to facilitate comparisons among states; and (2) problems and solutions in aligning or accounting for differences between national assessment objectives and…
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education
Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ. – 1987
Nine papers were presented at the 1986 Educational Testing Service Invitational Conference on outcomes assessment in higher education. The Award for Distinguished Service to Measurement was awarded to Frederic Kuder for development of the Kuder-Richardson 20 and KR-21 formulas for test reliability, the Kuder Preference Record, and the Kuder…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Accreditation (Institutions), College Students
Haertel, Edward H. – 1986
It has been recommended that the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) specify comprehensive exercise domains to measure academic achievement, and provide a national item pool to measure the objectives in these domains. These domain specifications and item pools would serve to satisfy the increasing demand for valid, accurate, and…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives
