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Download full textLee, Kwangyhuyn; Weimer, Debbi – Education Policy Center at Michigan State University, 2002
Michigan is designing a new accountability system that combines high standards and statewide testing within a school accreditation framework. Sound assessment techniques are critical if the accountability system is to provide relevant information to schools and policymakers. One important component of a sound assessment system is measurement of…
Descriptors: Testing Programs, Academic Achievement, Program Effectiveness, Accountability
Lang, William Steve; Wilkerson, Judy R. – Online Submission, 2005
NCATE (2002) requires the measurement of knowledge, skills, and dispositions as part of its accreditation requirements for teacher education programs (Standard 1) and the use of unit assessment systems to aggregate and analyse data with a view toward program improvement (Standard 2). Data must indicate that candidates meet professional, state, and…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Teacher Education Programs, Performance Based Assessment, Program Improvement
