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Download full textNew York State Education Department, 2014
This technical report provides an overview of the New York State Alternate Assessment (NYSAA), including a description of the purpose of the NYSAA, the processes utilized to develop and implement the NYSAA program, and Stakeholder involvement in those processes. The purpose of this report is to document the technical aspects of the 2013-14 NYSAA.…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Educational Assessment, State Departments of Education, Student Evaluation
Hambleton, Ronald K.; And Others – 1979
Issues involved in standard setting along with methods for standard setting are reviewed, with specific reference to their relevance for criterion referenced testing. Definitions are given of continuum and state models, and traditional and normative standard setting procedures. Since continuum models are considered more appropriate for criterion…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Criterion Referenced Tests, Cutting Scores, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedLinn, Robert L. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1982
Confusion in the terminology used in criterion-referenced measurement specifications and development and standard setting and the attendant role of cut-off scores are shown to need practical clarification through psychometric research on test applications and consequences. (CM)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Criterion Referenced Tests, Cutting Scores, Measurement Objectives
Jang, Younghee – 1998
This paper describes the processes that one school district, the Visalia Unified School District (California), went through in establishing a standards-based assessment and accountability system using multiple methods. First the district's standards-based assessment and accountability system and the methods used to establish it are described, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Accountability, Educational Policy
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education. – 1992
The Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education of the House Committee on Education and Labor met to consider the recommendations of the National Council on Education Standards and Testing. The report recommends the establishment of national education standards, a national system of assessments, and the establishment of a…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives, Educational Practices
Beaton, Albert E. – 1992
Neither teacher-made tests nor the Scholastic Aptitude Test are appropriate for measuring the attainment of national education goals. Most practitioners involved in discussions of national high-stakes examinations argue that new tests are needed. A new system that preserves state and local autonomy in education as it measures the attainment of…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives
Barrett, Michael J.; And Others – 1993
The Measurement and Evaluation Center of the University of Texas at Austin conducted a standard-setting study in 1991 to reassess the use of the College Board's Achievement Tests in mathematics, Level I and Level II for course placement and credit by examination in an elementary functions and coordinate geometry course. Students in 20 sections of…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, College Students, Decision Making
Koretz, Daniel M.; And Others – 1992
In January 1992, the National Council on Education Standards and Testing (NCEST) issued a report "Raising Standards for American Education," which called for the establishment of a national system of educational standards and assessments as a basis for comprehensive reform of U.S. education. This statement is a facsimile of the written…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Cost Effectiveness, Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment
Merkel-Keller, Claudia – 1992
New Jersey has taken steps to improve vocational education programs and services in response to two state reports and the measurement and evaluation requirements of the reauthorized Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Act of 1990 (P.L. 101-392). Among state initiatives is the Occupational Competency Project, a study of 100…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Educational Assessment, Educational Improvement
National Assessment Governing Board, Washington, DC. – 1990
The National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB) is responsible for improving the form and use of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). The NAGB is beginning to define achievement levels to state clearly what students should know and be able to do at key grades in school. This report creates a policy framework, definitions, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, Educational Assessment
Chelimsky, Eleanor – 1993
The General Accounting Office (GAO), at the request of the House Committee on Education and Labor, Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education, conducted studies on the extent and cost of testing in the United States, the experience of Canada in testing, and initial efforts to set standards for judging student performance on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, Alternative Assessment
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Program Evaluation and Methodology Div. – 1993
The experience of the Canadian provinces with large-scale testing programs is reviewed to suggest answers to questions currently discussed in the United States regarding the proposed national system of achievement testing. In the Canadian provinces, tests are linked to provincial curricula. Standards and assessments are not set by experts with no…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Educational Assessment, Educational Testing
