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Hartong, Sigrid; Piattoeva, Nelli – Critical Studies in Education, 2021
This paper contributes to a growing body of research on the increasing datafication of schooling, which has become a salient topic in comparative education and education policy research. Specifically, we address the rising scholarly concern about the meaning of (comparing) contexts as bounded localities facing an increasingly fluid and generative…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Comparative Education, Educational Policy, Standardized Tests
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Hutt, Ethan; Schneider, Jack – Teachers College Record, 2018
Background/Context: For more than a century, standardized achievement tests have been a feature of American education. Throughout that time, critics of standardized tests have argued that their use has detrimental effects on students, schools, and curriculum. Despite these critiques, the number and uses of standardized tests have increased…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational History, Standardized Tests, Test Use
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Ediger, Marlow – Reading Improvement, 2017
This article explores the question of excessive testing in public schools, its value in the educational process, and the impact that excessive testing may have on the student and the family unit. While assessments are valuable when used properly, excessive testing may lead to problems with unforeseen consequences.
Descriptors: Testing, Public Schools, Standardized Tests, Test Results
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Levy, Scott; Edelman, Jonah – Education Next, 2016
Over the past few years, students by the thousands have refused to take their state's standardized tests. This "opt-out" phenomenon has prompted debate in state legislatures and in Washington, putting states at risk of losing Title I funds. Advocates describe opt-out as a grassroots movement of parents concerned about overtesting,…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Resistance (Psychology), Parent Attitudes, Dissent
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Lee, Cheu-jey George – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2014
This article examines the impact of the reading assessment, DIBELS (Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills), on literacy education through the Habermasian lens. It argues that DIBELS, along with other systemic forces, has surged beyond its domain as a mere assessment and colonized the lifeworld of literacy education by distorting the…
Descriptors: Reading Tests, Literacy Education, Standardized Tests, Test Use
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Tienken, Christopher H. – Kappa Delta Pi Record, 2015
The ubiquitous use of standardized test results to make varied judgments about educators, students, and schools within the public school system raises concerns of validity. If the test results have not been validated for making multiple determinations, then the decisions made about educators, students, schools, and school districts based on the…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Test Use, Test Results, Test Interpretation
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Casey, Leo M. – Teachers College Record, 2013
Background/Context: There is a deep and yawning chasm between the world of tests and testing practices as they ought to be and the actual tests and testing practices now imposed on American students, educators, and schools. That chasm of theory and practice is a function of the dominant paradigm of educational reform, with its theory of action…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Commercialization, Models, Test Use
Tobin, Mollie; Lietz, Petra; Nugroho, Dita; Vivekanandan, Ramya; Nyamkhuu, Tserennadmid – Australian Council for Educational Research, 2015
Not much is known about the ways in which assessment data have actually been used in education policy to date. Understanding the role of assessments in informing system-level decision-making is a first step towards helping stakeholders improve the design and usefulness of assessments. Moreover, this understanding can help to further discussions…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Measurement, Decision Making, Data Analysis
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Penfield, Randall D. – Educational Researcher, 2010
A growing body of research showing that grade retention serves as an educationally low-quality placement has raised increasing concerns about whether the use of standardized tests in making decisions concerning grade retention conforms to current standards for appropriate and nondiscriminatory test use. This article examines the extent to which…
Descriptors: Test Use, Grade Repetition, Standardized Tests, Learning Readiness
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Geytenbeek, Joke; Harlaar, Laurike; Stam, Marloes; Ket, Hans; Becher, Jules G.; Oostrom, Kim; Vermeulen, Jeroen – Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 2010
Aim: To identify the use and utility of language comprehension tests for unintelligible or non-speaking children with severe cerebral palsy (CP). Method: Severe CP was defined as severe dysarthria (unintelligible speech) or anarthria (absence of speech) combined with severe limited mobility, corresponding to Gross Motor Function Classification…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Speech Communication, Speech, Oral Language
Atkinson, Richard C.; Geiser, Saul – Center for Studies in Higher Education, 2009
Standardized testing for college admissions has grown exponentially since the first administration of the old "College Boards" in 1901. This paper surveys major developments since then: the introduction of the "Scholastic Aptitude Test" in 1926, designed to tap students' general analytic ability; E.F. Lindquist's creation of…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Testing
Rhoades, Kathleen; Madaus, George – 2003
The nature and extent of human error in educational testing over the past 25 years were studied. In contrast to the random measurement error expected in all tests, the presence of human error is unexpected and brings unknown, often harmful, consequences for students and their schools. Using data from a variety of sources, researchers found 103…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Standardized Tests, Test Use
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Stephens, M. Irene; Montgomery, Allen A. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1985
Six recently published language tests are examined in terms of theoretical models, choice of subtests, test format, reliability, norming population, and reporting scores. The tests are the Screening Test of Adolescent Language, the Word Test, the Test of Language Development-Intermediate, the Fullerton Language Tests for Adolescents, Clinical…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Language Handicaps, Scoring, Standardized Tests
Meadows, Stacie; Karr-Kidwell, P. J. – 2001
An extensive review of literature related to the role of standardized tests in the assessment of young children was conducted, and recommendations were made for alternative approaches more appropriate to the assessment of young children. The first section of the paper contains a literature review that provides a brief history of standardized tests…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Education, Standardized Tests, Student Evaluation
Burley, Hansel – American School Board Journal, 2002
Standardized tests cover acquired knowledge in reading, mathematics, and English. To avoid misuse of standardized tests school districts should use tests to diagnose individual learning needs and improve programs; and administer tests once a year in the fall semester so results help guide learning plans for students Contains a glossary of basic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Standardized Tests
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