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Using Performance Assessments Instead of High-Stakes Tests: A Promising Strategy for a Better Future
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Direct linkHani Morgan – Policy Futures in Education, 2025
According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), US reading and math scores have recently dropped. This decline is believed to be the result of the school closings that occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic. The drop likely contributed to the increase in pressure educators are feeling to teach in a way that leads to higher test…
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, High Stakes Tests, Standardized Tests, Testing Problems
Download full textGeneral Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Program Evaluation and Methodology Div. – 1993
As the country began to debate the proposition that the United States adopt a national examination system, it became apparent that information was needed about the present extent and cost of testing, as well as the estimated cost of a national examination system. In the fall of 1991, the General Accounting Office (GAO) surveyed testing officials…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Cost Estimates, Elementary Secondary Education, Estimation (Mathematics)
