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Direct linkWei, Ruth Chung; Pecheone, Raymond L.; Wilczak, Katherine L. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2015
Since the passage of No Child Left Behind, large-scale assessments have come to play a central role in federal and state education accountability systems. Teachers and parents have expressed a number of concerns about their state testing programs, such as too much time devoted to testing and the high-stakes use of testing for teacher evaluation.…
Descriptors: State Programs, Testing Programs, State Standards, Testing Problems
Porter, John W. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1976
Michigan's superintendent of public instruction is convinced that a state testing program can provide the kind of information educators need to improve instructional planning. (Author)
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment, Educational Testing, State Programs
Turlington, Ralph D. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1979
Compares the results of the first and second years of testing in the Florida minimum competency program to show that the program is working. (IRT)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Minimum Competency Testing, Program Descriptions, State Programs
Glass, Gene V. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1978
The items of the Florida minimal competency test have never been validated as measures of "survival skills," and the pass/fail standards were set mindlessly and capriciously. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Criterion Referenced Tests, Graduation Requirements, High Schools
