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PDF pending restorationHerman, Joan – 1992
Using tests to reform education is not a new concept. National and state education policies reflect confidence in the power of assessment to encourage school improvement. New understandings of the nature and context of student learning are shifting the movement away from traditional multiple-choice tests to alternative assessments. The emphasis is…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Alternative Assessment, Educational Assessment
R&D Priorities for Educational Testing and Evaluation: The Testimony of the CRESST National Faculty.
Download full textHerman, Joan L., Ed. – 1989
At the 1989 meeting of the National Faculty of the Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), faculty members were invited to present testimony on what they viewed as the most pressing research and policy issues in the fields of testing, evaluation, and standards. These views are expressed in this document,…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Agenda Setting, Alternative Assessment
