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Download full textAnanda, Sri; Rabinowitz, Stanley – 2000
This brief addresses the benefits and concerns raised by the use of high stakes testing as the centerpiece of new accountability systems. It offers some recommendations for policymakers seeking to incorporate such tests into state accountability systems. High stakes tests can clarify and establish challenging performance expectations for students,…
Descriptors: Accountability, Elementary Secondary Education, High Stakes Tests, Policy Formation
Rabinowitz, Stanley; Ananda, Sri – 2001
This brief makes the case for thoughtful district- or school-driven assessment systems that complement and go beyond what statewide testing systems are able to accomplish. It describes important attributes of model local assessment programs and presents the necessary steps for building a local assessment program that will elicit information that…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Models, Program Implementation, Psychometrics
