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Paul Oakes – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Secondary students with disabilities are given accommodations to support deficits they have in learning and/or behavior. Higher levels of test anxiety within this population are a factor often unaddressed by administrators. The physical environment in which students with disabilities take tests influences their ability to achieve maximum…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Testing, Student Evaluation, Students with Disabilities
W. Christopher Brandt; Nathan Dadey; Carla Evans – National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment, 2024
Recent years have produced a surge in interest in improving state assessment programs. Many states are designing new assessments. Much of this innovation is aimed at addressing longstanding areas of unhappiness with typical domain-sampled, end-of-year state assessments: States want to streamline assessment activities, enhance the instructional…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Achievement Tests, Educational Testing, State Standards
Ken O'Connor; Matt Townsley – Phi Delta Kappan, 2025
Decisions about assessment are often built on myths about teacher professional judgment and subjectivity that prioritize standardized assessment over classroom assessment. Ken O'Connor and Matt Townsley discuss some of the most common myths and explain how to dispel them by developing clear guidelines in which teachers can exercise their judgment,…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Student Evaluation, Standardized Tests, Testing Problems
Ediger, Marlow – College Student Journal, 2022
How frequently should pupils be tested in a given school year using standardized tests? Perhaps, once in a given school year which makes it possible for parents and teachers to notice how a child compares with cohorts in the nation in a specific school year. The results need careful reviewing in order to assist in making curricular decisions. Each…
Descriptors: Testing, Standardized Tests, Decision Making, Student Evaluation
Gill, Scherto – FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education, 2020
During the COVID-19 lockdown, schools are closed, exams have been cancelled, and teaching and learning are taking an unprecedented form. In this process, two realities are brought to light. On the one hand, the pandemic highlights the widening gaps in society and the part that the educational system plays in privileging students from advantageous…
Descriptors: Testing, Testing Problems, COVID-19, Pandemics
Ehren, Melanie – European Journal of Education, 2023
This article presents a conceptual framework for trust in standardised assessments. Standardised assessments play an important role in many education systems as they inform decisions about students' future schooling career or entry to the labour market. Also, standardised assessments are often used for teacher performance reviews and school…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Trust (Psychology), Student Evaluation, Teacher Evaluation
Rogers, Christopher M.; Ressa, Virginia A.; Thurlow, Martha L.; Lazarus, Sheryl S. – National Center on Educational Outcomes, 2022
This report provides an update on the state of the research on testing accommodations. Previous reports by the National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO) have covered research published since 1999. In this report, we summarize the research published in 2020. During 2020, 11 research studies addressed testing accommodations in the U.S. K-12…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Testing Accommodations, Students with Disabilities, Computer Assisted Testing
Foundation for Excellence in Education (ExcelinEd), 2022
The expansion of student opportunity through the flexible spending of Education Scholarship Accounts (ESAs) builds in direct accountability to the parents who choose and hold the power of the purse. Families can select different schools and service providers if they are dissatisfied with how their student is faring. But ESAs can also be designed…
Descriptors: Educational Vouchers, Accountability, Standardized Tests, Academic Achievement
Indiana Department of Education, 2024
The 2024-2025 Indiana Assessments Policy Manual communicates established guidelines regarding appropriate test administration in Indiana for key stakeholders including educators and Test Coordinators. This document contains policy guidance and appendices that delineate specific aspects of test implementation, including test security protocol,…
Descriptors: Testing, Guidelines, Educational Policy, Standardized Tests
Anne Wicks; Robin Berkley – George W. Bush Institute, 2025
Assessments are one of the most important--and often misunderstood--elements of education. In most cases, tests are administered by the state as well as by districts and schools. Assessments at each of these levels have distinct purposes, yield different information, and are part of a powerful, coordinated approach to improving student outcomes.…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Testing, Tests, Standardized Tests
Indiana Department of Education, 2024
The 2023-2024 Indiana Assessments Policy Manual communicates established guidelines regarding appropriate test administration in Indiana for key stakeholders including educators and Test Coordinators. This document contains policy guidance and appendices that delineate specific aspects of test implementation, including test security protocol,…
Descriptors: Testing, Guidelines, Educational Policy, Standardized Tests
Lazarus, Sheryl S.; Liu, Kristin K.; Hinkle, Andrew R.; Thurlow, Martha L. – National Center on Educational Outcomes, 2021
As states, districts, and schools plan to return for the 2021-22 school year, questions are raised about whether and how to test children with disabilities, including children with the most significant cognitive disabilities and English learners with disabilities. This FAQ addresses some common questions and provides links to useful resources.
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Testing, Evaluation Methods, Student Evaluation
Malait, Ulysis; Himang, Celbert M.; Ocampo, Lanndon; Selerio, Egberto Filosopo, Jr.; Luzano, Ella; Caballero, John Henry; Bergamo, Remegio; Manalastas, Rebecca – International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments, 2022
As a foundational approach in inferential statistics, hypothesis testing (HT) is considered as one of the most challenging topics for teaching and learning. A promising approach is through the consideration of students' learning modalities, as demonstrated in vast applications; however, contentions that surround the use of learning modality in…
Descriptors: Hypothesis Testing, Teaching Methods, Statistics Education, Statistical Inference
Kate Wilson; Maya Defianty – TESOL in Context, 2024
In recent years, the Indonesian government has put greater emphasis on promoting critical thinking in the education system, including the notion of critical thinking in national examinations, curriculum, and graduate outcomes for school education. Nevertheless, as in many testing-oriented countries, fostering critical thinking in the Indonesian…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Critical Thinking, Testing, Barriers
Cleon M. McLean – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This non-consecutive, three-year qualitative study explored the testing experiences of high school juniors who used Chromebooks to take their Smarter Balanced Standardized Assessments (SBAC) in English Language Arts and Mathematics. The study began in 2015, the first year in which SBAC was administered to students across California and other…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Computer Assisted Testing, Standardized Tests, Student Evaluation