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Download full textStoneberg, Bert D. – Online Submission, 2009
Test developers are responsible to define how test scores should be interpreted and used. The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) directed the Secretary of Education to use results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) to confirm the proficiency scores from state developed tests. There are two sets of federal definitions…
Descriptors: National Competency Tests, State Programs, Achievement Tests, Scores
Direct linkTully, Susannah – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008
As more colleges move to "test optional" admissions policies, the debate over the utility and interpretation of standardized-test scores continues. In this article, the author interviews Daniel Koretz, a professor of education at Harvard University and author of "Measuring Up: What Educational Testing Really Tells Us". Koretz…
Descriptors: Higher Education, State Programs, Educational Testing, Standardized Tests
