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Assessing Assessment: A Review of Parents', Teachers', and Administrators' Attitudes Toward and Utilization of Statewide Assessment Results.
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Student Assessment Section. – 1977
The Florida Statewide Assessment Program annually tests students on their achievement of statewide objectives in the basic skills areas of mathematics, reading, and writing. The objective-referenced tests, which measure entry-level skills, are administered in the fall of each year. Results are provided for each student, school, district, and the…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Educational Assessment, Elementary Education, Information Needs
Dissemination and Utilization of Large Scale Test Results: Is Anybody Out There Listening? And If Not, Why Not?
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Hall, Mary – 1976
The paper reviews previous research studies and conferences which have dealt with the question of whether large-scale testing programs are effective. It is concluded that such programs, defined as efforts to determine the status of student achievement on a school, district, state, or national basis, are not serving the informational needs of the…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Assessment, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Information Power: Use it or Loose it. Reflections on the Development and Use of a Statewide Assessment Information System.
Bigelow, Robert A. – 1986
The Delaware Educational Assessment Program publishes annual results from the California Test of Basic Skills by district, school, and grade (1 through 8 and 11). A statewide computer information system was developed to manage the testing program, the massive 10-year longitudinal database, and the information requests received. The Delaware…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Computer Oriented Programs, Educational Assessment