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Direct linkBennett, John; Tognolini, Jim; Pickering, Samantha – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2012
This paper describes how a state education system in Australia introduced standards-referenced assessments into its large-scale, high-stakes, curriculum-based examinations in a way that enables comparison of performance across time even though the examinations are different each year. It describes the multi-stage modified Angoff standard-setting…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Tests, Foreign Countries, Cutting Scores
Laitsch, Dan – Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2005
Standardized testing plays an increasingly important role in the lives of today's students and educators. The U.S. No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) requires assessment in math and literacy in grades 3-8 and 10 and, as of 2007-08, in science once in grades 3-5, 6-9, and 10-12. Based on National Center for Education Statistics enrollment projections,…
Descriptors: Testing, Standardized Tests, Enrollment Projections, Accountability
