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Comments on Methods of Setting Standards for Complex Performance Tasks.

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Mills, Craig N. – Applied Measurement in Education, 1995

The articles of this special issue propose two methods of deriving an initial standard and one method for determining the extent to which the standard should include compensation. Much work remains to be done on further development of the methods and the larger issues of policy regarding performance assessment. (SLD)

Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Policy, Evaluation Methods, Evaluators

Educational Achievement Standards: NAGB's Approach Yields Misleading Interpretations. Report to Congressional Requesters.

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General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Program Evaluation and Methodology Div. – 1993

In September 1991, the National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB) announced standards for basic, proficient, and advanced achievement in mathematics and reported that few American students had reached these standards. Expert reviewers noted technical problems with the NAGB approach and questioned its results. In this report, the NAGB…

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education