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| Educational Assessment | 2 |
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| Cizek, Gregory J. | 1 |
| Crandell, Jan | 1 |
| Hirsch, Thomas | 1 |
| Rivera, Charlene | 1 |
| Trent, E. Roger | 1 |
| Vincent, Carolyn | 1 |
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| Reports - Evaluative | 1 |
| Reports - Research | 1 |
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Peer reviewedCizek, Gregory J.; Hirsch, Thomas; Trent, E. Roger; Crandell, Jan – Educational Assessment, 2001
Studied a policy requiring students to obtain a specified level of performance on a state's reading proficiency test. Analyses of the scores of 5,611 students show a high degree of agreement among educators' judgments and students' performance, but they also show that educators' operational definitions of adequate preparation in reading vary in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Educational Change, Educational Policy
Peer reviewedRivera, Charlene; Vincent, Carolyn – Educational Assessment, 1997
Reports on a survey of state assessment directors (100% response rate) in 1994 documenting assessment policies and practices concerning English language learners (ELLs) within state assessment systems. In the 1993-94 school year, 17 states required students to pass one or more content-area tests to receive a diploma, testing ELLs in several ways.…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Policy, English (Second Language), Exit Examinations
