Researchers and Assessment Policy Development: A Cautionary Tale.

Baker, Eva L.

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ERIC Number: EJ492308

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Publication Date: 1994

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Researchers and Assessment Policy Development: A Cautionary Tale.

Baker, Eva L.

American Journal of Education, v102 n4 p450-77 Aug 1994

The development of a new national policy on achievement testing and how researchers sought to influence its development are chronicled. This development has been marked by the emergence of assessment advocates and educational researchers as two classes of assessment experts. Their differential effects on educational reform are explored. (SLD)

Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Advocacy, Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Educational History, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, National Programs, Policy Formation, Public Policy, Researchers, Standardized Tests, Theory Practice Relationship

Publication Type: Historical Materials; Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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