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Direct linkBroadfoot, Patricia; Black, Paul – Assessment in Education Principles Policy and Practice, 2004
The completion of the first ten years of this journal is an occasion for review and reflection. The main issues that have been addressed over the ten years are summarized in four main sections: Purposes, International Trends, Quality Concerns and Assessment for Learning. Each of these illustrates the underlying significance of the themes of…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Student Evaluation, Educational Trends, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedAckerman, Michael – History of Education Quarterly, 1995
Discusses the development and uses of various aptitude tests in higher education from the 1920s through the early 1960s. Although seen as a gateway to educational attainment for returning World War II veterans, intelligence testing faced criticism in the early 1960s as a restrictive practice. (MJP)
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Attainment, Educational History, Educational Mobility
Download full textNational Evaluation Systems, Inc., Amherst, MA. – 1991
Five papers presented at a symposium during the 1991 annual conference of the National Council on Measurement in Education explore the design, development, and implementation of the Texas Master Teacher Examination (TMTE) Program. Educational policymakers have begun to maintain that the professionalization of teaching can be substantially…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Educational Objectives, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
