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Direct linkJose Antonio Mola Avila – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Accountability in education was implemented to improve poor learning outcomes by documenting and monitoring learning achievement results. In this process, external standardized achievement tests have played a central role, being the mechanism most frequently used to measure learning outcomes. However, several decades after its initial…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Standardized Tests, Achievement Tests, Accountability
Peer reviewedTavares, Walter; Kuper, Ayelet; Kulasegaram, Kulamakan; Whitehead, Cynthia – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2020
The array of different philosophical positions underlying contemporary views on competence, assessment strategies and justification have led to advances in assessment science. Challenges may arise when these philosophical positions are not considered in assessment design. These can include (a) a logical incompatibility leading to varied or…
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, Educational Testing, Test Interpretation, Test Results
Download full textIndiana Department of Education, 2025
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), as amended by Section 3113 of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), requires state educational agencies (SEAs) to establish and implement standardized, statewide entrance and exit procedures for English learners (ELs). WIDA provides the English language proficiency placement and annual…
Descriptors: English Learners, Language Proficiency, Placement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education
Indiana Department of Education, 2024
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), requires state education agencies to establish and implement standardized, statewide entrance and exit procedures for English learners (ELs). WIDA provides the English language proficiency placement and annual assessments administered in…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, State Standards, Language Proficiency, Language Tests
Hipkins, Rosemary – set: Research Information for Teachers, 2019
PISA [Programme for International Student Assessment] will be in the news again this year. The 2018 results are due to be released at the end of 2019 and they usually generate media interest. This Rangahau Whakarapopoto is a research brief which outlines things to watch out for as you think about what the results might mean.
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, International Assessment
