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McClain, Charles J. – 1985
The Value Added Program for assessing undergraduate education at Northeast Missouri State University is described. The program is in its 12th year and has as its driving force a comprehensive student data base that includes measures of individual student performance at the entering freshman level and at the end of the sophomore year, as well as…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Programs, College Students, Educational Assessment
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Direct linkHaertel, Edward H.; Herman, Joan L. – Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, 2005
In this article, the authors describe various rationales for accountability testing programs over the past century. This history forms the backdrop for current test-driven reforms, including Public Law 107-110, the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB), which was signed into law in January 2002. The goals of the authors are first, to illustrate…
Descriptors: Test Use, Testing Programs, Federal Legislation, Testing
