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Evers, Williamson M. – Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research, 2015
This report provides the historical background and interpretive analysis needed to understand controversies surrounding Common Core and its associated tests. In this report, Williamson M. Evers presents a revised and expanded version of his expert report for "Jindal v. United States Department of Education et al.," No. 14-CV- 534 (M.D.…
Descriptors: Federal Regulation, Common Core State Standards, Compliance (Legal), Educational History
Brown, Brentt; Vargo, Merrill – Pivot Learning Partners, 2014
California has embarked on a major new wave of curriculum reform with the adoption of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), the new English Language Development (ELD) standards, and the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). The adoption of the CCSS builds a legacy of standards-based education reform in California that began with the…
Descriptors: State Standards, Program Implementation, Educational Practices, Educational Strategies
Brown, Brentt; Vargo, Merrill – Policy Analysis for California Education, PACE, 2014
California has embarked on a major new wave of curriculum reform with the adoption of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), the new English Language Development (ELD) standards, and the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). The adoption of the CCSS builds a legacy of standards-based education reform in California that began with the…
Descriptors: State Standards, Program Implementation, Educational Practices, Educational Strategies

Airasian, Peter W. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 1993
Notes that, beginning in the mid-1970s, role of educational testing and assessment began to expand dramatically in response to reports portraying U.S. schools and students in less than favorable light. Sees the future status of new forms of assessment that are used to influence curricula and motivate teachers and students being related to their…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Motivation
Yocum, Karolyn L. – 1995
The speech communication discipline seems to be stuck in status quo. The current climate of the discipline K-12 is one that is not mobilized for the future. However, a paradigm shift within the Speech Communication Association may be evolving in the creation of a model for the process for development of assessment strategies and instruments.…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods

Deboer, George E. – Science and Education, 2002
Addresses the tension that exists in the present reform movement in science education related to rigor and accountability. Points out that the tension is between standards, benchmarks, and high stakes testing on one hand, and student-centered approaches to teaching and learning on the other. (Contains 25 references.) (DDR)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Research. – 1988
This procedures manual for the North Carolina Test Development Program details the tasks involved in test development. The basic steps are described in an introductory section; they are (1) to specify the institutional objectives of the curriculum and ensure their instructional validity; and (2) to specify the characteristics, such as the purpose…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education

Dockrell, W. B. – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1985
Curriculum reform in Scotland in the 1970s is described. The implications for testing and teaching are discussed. (GDC)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives
Alexander, Cordelia R.; And Others – 1982
The 1981-82 System-Wide Testing Program (SWT) introduced the initial administrations of the Assessment of Baseline Curriculum Survey and the Language assessment scales. The Basic Objectives Assessment Tests, the Texas Assessment of Basic Skills, and District-adopted, norm-referenced tests were continued as implemented in previous years. The…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Curriculum Development, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Secondary Education
Carbol, Barry C. – 1988
The idea that all curricula should reflect learnings that are common across subject areas has only recently been considered in British Columbia. Within the past year, the change in focus resulted from the British Columbia Ministry of Education's (BCME) adoption of a definition of an educated person as an ideal toward which educators should be…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives
Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. Office of Project Basic. – 1984
Offered as a result of suggestions by Maryland teachers, this guide serves as an instructional reference for educators on teaching functional writing at the elementary and secondary school levels. The guide was developed as a supplement to volume one; both volumes provide a comprehensive perspective to writing improvement in Maryland. The first…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, State Programs, Test Construction

Coburn, Terrence G. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1979
The author discusses the Michigan Educational Assessment Program (MEAP), with emphasis on mathematics. Topics discussed include: tests and reports, uses of results, effects on curriculum, local control, and the future of Michigan's mathematics assessment. (MK)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary Secondary Education
Matter, M. Kevin; Ligon, Glynn – 1983
Yearly administrations of a standardized achievement test are a part of the educational process in many school districts in the United States. The Systemwide Testing Program in the Austin Independent School District Office of Research and Evaluation has gradually developed a process and support materials whereby the test administrations are a tool…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Curriculum Development, Educational Diagnosis, Educational Testing

Louis, Karen Seashore; And Others – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1996
The recent examination of the curriculum and examination systems of France and the Netherlands overlooks the real process of creating a national consensus around standards in the Netherlands, balancing local autonomy and national standards. A comment by the original authors acknowledges the implications of the Dutch approach for U.S. standards.…
Descriptors: Accountability, Benchmarking, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Pluralism

Madeja, Stanley S. – Arts Education Policy Review, 2004
The following is adapted from chapter 2 of "Assessing Expressive Learning: A Practical Guide for Teacher-Directed Authentic Assessment in K-12 Visual Art Education" by Charles Dorn, Stanley Madeja, and Robert Sabol. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Mahwah, NJ 2003. (Appendices referred to in the following article can be found in the book…
Descriptors: Art Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Student Evaluation, Performance Based Assessment