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American Educational Research Association, Washington, DC. – 1999
The standards outlined in this book have been developed to provide criteria for the evaluation of tests, testing practices, and the effects of test use. The "Standards" provides a frame of reference to ensure that relevant issues are addressed. The first part of the book, "Test Construction, Evaluation, and Documentation,"…
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Evaluation Methods, Psychological Testing, Reliability
Coleman, Arthur L. – American School Board Journal, 2000
While recognizing high-stakes testing's value, both the "GI Forum" decision and the Office of Civil Rights guide raise questions that boards and educators should ask about the administration and consequences of their own testing programs. Methods for systematically collecting, analyzing, disseminating, and acting on test results are needed. (MLH)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, High Stakes Tests, Measurement
Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Office of Technology Assessment. – 1992
This report is aimed at helping Congress: (1) better understand the functions, history, capabilities, limitations, uses, and misuses of educational tests; (2) learn more about the promises and pitfalls of new assessment methods and technologies; and (3) identify and weigh policy options affecting educational policy. To prepare this report, the…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Assessment, Educational Policy, Educational Technology
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1990
This document provides statements presented at the oversight hearing on testing and assessment evaluation to improve learning in the nation's schools. Walter Haney summarizes the National Commission on Testing and Public Policy's recent report, which concluded that while well-designed and responsibly used assessment is an important source of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Assessment, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education. – 1992
The Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education of the House Committee on Education and Labor met to consider the recommendations of the National Council on Education Standards and Testing. The report recommends the establishment of national education standards, a national system of assessments, and the establishment of a…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives, Educational Practices
PDF pending restorationNew Jersey State Office of Legislative Services, Trenton. Assembly Education Committee. – 1993
The Assembly Education Committee of the New Jersey Office of Legislative Services held a hearing pursuant to Assembly Resolution 113, a proposal directing the Committee to investigate the skills testing program developed and administered to New Jersey children by the State Department of Education. The Committee was interested in the eighth-grade…
Descriptors: Accountability, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Cost Effectiveness
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1993
At one of a series of hearings on H.R. 6, the Elementary and Secondary Education Amendments of 1993, several experts discussed issues related to national assessment, assessment in Chapter 1, and state efforts to develop new forms of assessment. Eleanor Chelimsky, Assistant Comptroller General for Program Evaluation and Methodology of the General…
Descriptors: Accountability, Compensatory Education, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
Koretz, Daniel M.; And Others – 1992
In January 1992, the National Council on Education Standards and Testing (NCEST) issued a report "Raising Standards for American Education," which called for the establishment of a national system of educational standards and assessments as a basis for comprehensive reform of U.S. education. This statement is a facsimile of the written…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Cost Effectiveness, Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Office of Technology Assessment. – 1992
This report is aimed at helping Congress better understand the functions, history, capabilities, limitations, uses, and misues of educational tests; learn more about the promises and pitfalls of new assessment methods and technologies; and identify and weigh policy options affecting educational policy. To prepare this report, the Office of…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Educational Change, Educational History, Educational Policy
