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Download full textWolf, Mikyung Kim; Kao, Jenny; Herman, Joan; Bachman, Lyle F.; Bailey, Alison; Bachman, Patina L.; Farnsworth, Tim; Chang, Sandy M. – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2008
The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act has made a great impact on states' policies in assessing English language learner (ELL) students. The legislation requires states to develop or adopt sound assessments in order to validly measure the ELL students' English language proficiency (ELP), as well as content knowledge and skills. Although states have…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Federal Legislation, Validity, Second Language Learning
Herman, Joan – 1992
This report summarizes a variety of major collaborations in which the Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST) of the University of California at Los Angeles participated in Fiscal Year 1992. Most of the collaborations are part of the CRESST's Program One, "Building the Infrastructure for Improved…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Alternative Assessment, Educational Assessment, Educational Cooperation
Baker, Eva; Herman, Joan – 1984
This report summarizes the results of two educational policy studies: (1) an analysis of current problems in teacher competency testing; and (2) an exploration of educational testing and evaluation research and development needs. In the first study, information on teacher competency testing was gathered from a literature review and meetings with…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Educational Policy, Educational Research, Educational Testing
Aschbacher, Pamela R.; Herman, Joan – 1987
This paper surveys the status of current state and district level practice in content assessment, highlights related research efforts currently underway, and identifies high priority areas for subsequent research in content assessment. A needs assessment for research in content area assessment was conducted during 1986 by the Center for Research…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, Intellectual Disciplines
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
