Publication Date
| In 2026 | 0 |
| Since 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2022 (last 5 years) | 0 |
| Since 2017 (last 10 years) | 0 |
| Since 2007 (last 20 years) | 1 |
Descriptor
Source
| Thomas B. Fordham Institute | 1 |
Author
| Adkins, Deborah | 1 |
| Cizek, Gregory J. | 1 |
| Cronin, John | 1 |
| Dahlin, Michael | 1 |
| Darling-Hammond, Linda | 1 |
| Kane, Michael | 1 |
| Kingsbury, G. Gage | 1 |
| Wise, Arthur E. | 1 |
Publication Type
| Reports - Evaluative | 3 |
| Information Analyses | 1 |
| Numerical/Quantitative Data | 1 |
| Reports - General | 1 |
| Reports - Research | 1 |
| Speeches/Meeting Papers | 1 |
Education Level
| Elementary Secondary Education | 1 |
Audience
| Policymakers | 2 |
Location
| Arizona | 1 |
| California | 1 |
| Colorado | 1 |
| Delaware | 1 |
| Idaho | 1 |
| Illinois | 1 |
| Indiana | 1 |
| Kansas | 1 |
| Maine | 1 |
| Maryland | 1 |
| Massachusetts | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
| No Child Left Behind Act 2001 | 1 |
Assessments and Surveys
| National Assessment of… | 3 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Download full textCizek, Gregory J. – 1993
The report of the National Academy of Education (NAE), "Setting Performance Standards for Student Achievement," provides an interpretation of NAE investigations into the procedures surrounding establishment of achievement levels for the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). The NAE report synthesizes the investigations of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, Educational Policy
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
Kane, Michael – 1993
The National Academy of Education (NAE) Panel has drawn two major conclusions in its evaluation of the National Assessment Governing Board's (NAGB) efforts to set achievement levels for the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). They are that the Angoff procedure is fundamentally flawed for the setting of achievement levels, and that…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, Educational Policy
Cronin, John; Dahlin, Michael; Adkins, Deborah; Kingsbury, G. Gage – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2007
At the heart of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) is the call for all students to be "proficient" in reading and mathematics by 2014. Yet the law expects each state to define proficiency as it sees fit and design its own tests. This study investigated three research questions related to this policy: (1) How consistent are various…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Mathematics Tests, Test Validity, Reading Tests
Wise, Arthur E.; Darling-Hammond, Linda – 1983
This paper focuses on ways in which one state policy for improving education--standard-setting through testing mechanisms--affects the classroom teacher-learner relationship. That uniform policy-making is problematic is clear from observations of 43 Mid-Atlantic school district teachers. Responding to three types of standards, 45 percent found…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, Educational Facilities Improvement, Educational Improvement
