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The Challenges of Meeting the "Standards": A Perspective from the Test Publishing Community

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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

Overview of a Policy Evaluation Design for Determining the Effectiveness of a State Minimum Competency Policy.

Hartman, Allan S. – 1980

A program is described for the evaluation of the basic skills policy of the State Board of Education in Massachusetts. The 1978 policy of the Board is to take effect in 1980-81 and will require annual assessment of student skills at three grade levels in all schools in five curriculum areas, but leaves the setting of standards to local option.…

Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educational Assessment, Educational Policy, Educational Testing