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Harris, Christopher J.; Krajcik, Joseph S.; Pellegrino, James W.; DeBarger, Angela Haydel – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2019
Contemporary views on learning highlight that deep learning occurs not simply by accumulating knowledge, but by using and applying knowledge as one engages in disciplinary activity. Increasingly, those concerned with education policy and practice are shifting priorities toward supporting deeper learning by emphasizing the importance of students'…
Descriptors: Measurement, Learning Processes, Standards, Science Education
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Welch, Catherine J.; Dunbar, Stephen B. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2020
The use of assessment results to inform school accountability relies on the assumption that the test design appropriately represents the content and cognitive emphasis reflected in the state's standards. Since the passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act and the certification of accountability assessments through federal peer review practices,…
Descriptors: Accountability, Test Construction, State Standards, Content Validity
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Geisinger, Kurt F.; McCormick, Carina M. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2010
Standard-setting studies utilizing procedures such as the Bookmark or Angoff methods are just one component of the complete standard-setting process. Decision makers ultimately must determine what they believe to be the most appropriate standard or cut score to use, employing the input of the standard-setting panelists as one piece of information…
Descriptors: Standard Setting (Scoring), Measurement, Cutting Scores, Educational Policy
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Murphy, Daniel L.; Gaertner, Matthew N. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2014
This study evaluates four growth prediction models--projection, student growth percentile, trajectory, and transition table--commonly used to forecast (and give schools credit for) middle school students' future proficiency. Analyses focused on vertically scaled summative mathematics assessments, and two performance standards conditions (high…
Descriptors: Prediction, Models, Achievement Gains, Middle School Students
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Resnick, Lauren B. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2006
Standards-based education has now reached a stage where it is possible to evaluate its overall effectiveness. Several earlier papers in the special issue of "Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice" on "Test Scores and State Accountability" (Volume 24, Number 4) examined specific state policies and their effects on schools…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Accountability, Educational Policy, Educational History
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Hess, Frederick M. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2005
Since 2001, considerations of school reform have been dominated by performance-based accountability. No Child Left Behind (NCLB) has changed the way policymakers and educators talk about education, look at educational performance, and think about educational challenges. Nonetheless, NCLB and the state accountability systems it has spawned have…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Accountability, Educational Policy, Educational Change
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Kane, Michael – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2002
Makes the point that the interpretations and use of high-stakes test scores rely on policy assumptions about what should be taught and the content standards and performance standards that should be applied. The assumptions built into an assessment need to be subjected to scrutiny and criticism if a strong case is to be made for the validity of the…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, High Stakes Tests, Scores
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Nelson, David S. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1994
Explores certification and license testing and questions the extent to which scientific standards are actually governing policies and practices. Compares the practices of two states that have developed licensure programs for the same field and points out differences in these examinations. (SLD)
Descriptors: Certification, Educational Policy, Educational Practices, Licensing Examinations (Professions)
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Desimone, Laura M.; Smith, Thomas M.; Hayes, Susan A.; Frisvold, David – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2005
We found moderate correlations among four policy attributes (consistency, specificity, authority, and power), which suggest that in many states, at least in design, standards-based reform is working as advocates imagined--aligned content standards and assessments established, backed up by detailed guidelines and frameworks, incentivized by rewards…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Accountability, Educational Policy, Cognitive Development
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Porter, Andrew C.; Linn, Robert L.; Trimble, C. Scott – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2005
The No Child Left Behind Act allows states to vary (a) the trajectories they select to move from the baseline percent proficient or above in 2002 to the 100% proficient goal in 2014, (b) the minimum number of students required for reporting of disaggregated subgroup results, and (c) whether or not they will use confidence intervals when…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Improvement, Educational Policy, State Legislation
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Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1982
The rationale for the role of state educational agencies in certifying teachers, the National Teacher Examinations (NTE) program and the new NTE Core Battery are discussed. State certification in Arkansas, Florida and Oklahoma, Louisiana's consideration, and the District Court of South Carolina decision concerning NTE use for certification are…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, State Action, State Licensing Boards
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Anderson, Beverly L. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1985
The steady growth of state testing programs and its implications for the measurement community are discussed in terms of testing purposes (monitoring, accountability, and curriculum advancement) and test development, administration, and reporting. It is important that the measurement community address crucial issues to maintain its substantial…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
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Podemski, Richard S.; Lohr, Cherie K. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1985
A controversial Arkansas law requires that all currently employed certified teachers pass a specially developed literacy test. This article describes the rational for teacher testing in terms of professional, ethical, and political issues. Testing is necessary for public support for reforms that improve the professional status and salaries of…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educational Improvement, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
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Lehmann, Irvin J.; Phillips, S. E. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1987
Based on a survey of teacher competency testing practices in all the states, the authors provide an analysis of what areas are covered in teacher tests, which tests are used, and how the tests are used in both current and planned state teacher testing programs. (Author/BS)
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Higher Education, Licensing Examinations (Professions), Minimum Competency Testing
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Wolf, Richard M. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1992
The relevance of state results on tests of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is illustrated with data from the "Digest of Education Statistics--1990" (U.S. Department of Education). Evidence indicates that the contributions of state differences such as economic or demographic differences to NAEP results cannot be…
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Demography, Economic Factors, Educational Assessment
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