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Popham, W. James – Center on Education Policy, 2008
Recognizing the potential of accountability tests to alter classroom instruction, an overview is provided of the federal government's past influence on educational assessments. The past 50 years has witnessed the function of federally engendered educational assessments shift from monitoring the use of federal funds for programs prescribed for…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Educational Assessment, Federal Regulation
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Harris, William G. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2006
Some of the challenges that test publishers face in constructing educational assessments that meet high technical quality as prescribed in the "Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing" (AERA, APA, NCME, 1999) are examined. Federal educational initiatives are used to illustrate demands on technical quality that challenge the efforts of…
Descriptors: Standards, Educational Testing, Psychological Testing, Educational Assessment
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Talley, Ronda C. – School Psychology Digest, 1979
A qualitative evaluation of the System of Multicultural Pluralistic Assessment (SOMPA) as implemented in a Colorado public school system is presented. The evaluation relies heavily on perceptions of participating administrators, and is very positive. (JKS)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Culture Fair Tests, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education