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Anderson, Patricia S. – 1986
The Council of Chief State School Officers has raised some issues pertinent to the implementation of a national project to collect statistical indicators of academic achievement and to compare them across states. The United States Department of Education shares this concern, with an emphasis on sampling schools for a school level analysis which…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Achievement Tests, Comparative Testing
Shellman, David W. – 1992
The paradox of site-based school management with use of standardized tests or instructional management systems that restrict teacher choices was evident in one school district in North Carolina in which measurement of student success has centered on student performance on state-mandated tests. A study was conducted to see if students whose…
Descriptors: Accountability, Communication Skills, Comparative Testing, Criterion Referenced Tests