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Goldhaber, Dan; Cowan, James; Theobald, Roddy – Journal of Teacher Education, 2017
We use longitudinal data from Washington State to provide estimates of the extent to which performance on the edTPA, a performance-based, subject-specific assessment of teacher candidates, is predictive of the likelihood of employment in the teacher workforce and value-added measures of teacher effectiveness. While edTPA scores are highly…
Descriptors: Predictive Validity, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Longitudinal Studies
Loadman, William E.; Major, John L. – 1970
Act Number 307, Public Acts of Michigan 1969, mandates that the Department of Education provide annual assessment of pupil achievement in basic skills -- reading, vocabulary, English expression and mathematics. The purpose of the assessment program is to provide information about groups of children for decision makers at the state level. A…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Attitude Measures, Basic Skills, Curriculum
Nagy, Philip; Traub, Ross E. – 1986
This three-part document provides strategies for evaluating the impact of a province-wide testing program in Ontario (Canada) and reviews the literature on the impact of testing. Part One identifies the effects of province-wide examinations for selected high school courses and proposes four studies to monitor these effects: (1) an analysis of data…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education