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Direct linkLongabach, Tanya; Peyton, Vicki – Language Testing, 2018
K-12 English language proficiency tests that assess multiple content domains (e.g., listening, speaking, reading, writing) often have subsections based on these content domains; scores assigned to these subsections are commonly known as subscores. Testing programs face increasing customer demands for the reporting of subscores in addition to the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Test Reliability, Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency
Heldsinger, Sandra A.; Humphry, Stephen M. – Educational Research, 2013
Background: Many in education argue for the importance of incorporating teacher judgements in the assessment and reporting of student performance. Advocates of such an approach are cognisant, though, that obtaining a satisfactory level of consistency in teacher judgements poses a challenge. Purpose: This study investigates the extent to which the…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Student Evaluation, Teacher Attitudes, Comparative Analysis
Legg, David E. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between student performance on Reading Curriculum-based Measures (R-CBM) and student performance on the Alaska's standards based assessment (SBA) administered to students in Studied School District (SSD) Grade 3 through Grade 5 students in the Studied School District as required by…
Descriptors: Curriculum Based Assessment, Cutting Scores, Predictor Variables, Academic Achievement
Download full textPerrone, Vito – 1991
This ERIC Digest was adapted from the Association for Childhood Education International's (ACEI) 1991 position paper on standardized testing. Since the publication of "A Nation at Risk" in 1983, standardized testing programs have expanded greatly. Tests may be of pencil-and-paper or performance-oriented varieties. The purposes of tests…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Koretz, Daniel M.; And Others – 1991
Detailed evidence is presented about the extent of generalization from high-stakes tests to other tests and about the instructional effects of high-stakes testing. Data are from grade 3 of a large, high-poverty urban district with large numbers of Black and Hispanic American students. The district's results in 1990 for two tests, designated Test B…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Achievement Tests, Black Students
Peer reviewedShavelson, Richard J.; And Others – Educational Researcher, 1992
Investigates the validity and reliability of performance assessments using data from over 300 fifth and sixth graders. Results demonstrate the gap between the reality of measurement through performance assessments and the political rhetoric that would institute these assessments in a national examination system in the immediate future. (SLD)
Descriptors: Accountability, Computer Assisted Testing, Educational Assessment, Educational Change
Hymes, Donald L. – 1993
Learning about tests will help parents help their children perform better on all types of assessments. This guide explains the many types of tests that students can take and describes the benefits and limitations of each. Test use and improving test performance are discussed. Assessment usually takes place for purposes of instruction, screening,…
Descriptors: Accountability, Achievement Tests, Alternative Assessment, Aptitude Tests
