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Pennsylvania Department of Education, 2010
This handbook describes the responsibilities of district and school assessment coordinators in the administration of the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA). This updated guidebook contains the following sections: (1) General Assessment Guidelines for All Assessments; (2) Writing Specific Guidelines; (3) Reading and Mathematics…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Guides, Educational Assessment, Writing Tests
Freedman, Sarah Warshauer – 1991
Writing teachers and educators can add to information from large-scale testing and teachers can strengthen classroom assessment by creating a tight fit between large-scale testing and classroom assessment. Across the years, large-scale testing programs have struggled with a difficult problem: how to evaluate student writing reliably and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Informal Assessment, Portfolios (Background Materials)
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Jones, Brett D.; Egley, Robert J. – ERS Spectrum, 2005
The purpose of this paper is to discuss Florida teachers' recommendations for improving the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) and to compare their recommendations with those of Florida administrators. Although teachers' suggestions varied as to the types and extent of remedies needed to improve the FCAT, some common themes emerged. The…
Descriptors: Test Results, Core Curriculum, Student Evaluation, Accountability