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Baker, Eva L. – Educational Researcher, 2016
This article investigates the persistent and change elements of educational testing and assessment from 1920 to the present day. I show by examining the addresses and texts of American Educational Research Association presidents a continuing focus on schools, from early experiments and development up through applications in accountability systems.…
Descriptors: Research, Educational Testing, Presidents, Professional Associations
Wei, Xin; Shen, Xuejun; Lukoff, Brian; Ho, Andrew Dean; Haertel, Edward H. – Online Submission, 2006
In 1998 and again in 2002, samples of eighth grade students in California were tested in reading as part of the state-level component of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). In each of these years, all eighth graders in the state were also required to participate in the state's accountability testing, which included the reading…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Test Content, Reading Tests, Accountability