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Direct linkLane, Suzanne; Parke, Carol S.; Stone, Clement A. – Educational Assessment, 2002
The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of the Maryland School Performance Assessment Program (MSPAP) and the Maryland Learning Outcomes (MLOs) on mathematics classroom instruction and assessment practices, professional development, and student learning. The data sources included questionnaires for principals, mathematics teachers, and…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Middle Schools, Mathematics Instruction, Performance Tests
Performance-Based Assessment and Instructional Change: The Effects of Testing in Maine and Maryland.
Peer reviewedFirestone, William A.; Mayrowetz, David; Fairman, Janet – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1998
To examine how performance-based assessment changed mathematics teaching under conditions of moderate and low-stake assessment, middle school teachers were studied in five districts in Maryland and Maine, with interviews of 82 teachers and administrators. Findings suggest that effects of state testing on teaching may be overrated by both advocates…
Descriptors: Administrators, Educational Policy, High Stakes Tests, Intermediate Grades
Download full textNational Assessment of Educational Progress, Princeton, NJ. – 1991
In 1990, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) included a Trial State Assessment (TSA); for the first time in the NAEP's history, voluntary state-by-state assessments (37 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, and the Virgin Islands) were made. The sample was designed to represent the 8th grade public school population in a state…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Calculators, Educational Assessment, Family Environment
