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Download full textCrocker, Linda; Zieky, Michael – 1995
The National Assessment Governing Board and the National Center for Education Statistics sponsored a Joint Conference on Standard Setting for Large-Scale Assessments to provide a forum for technical and policy issues relevant to setting standards at local, state, and national levels. This executive summary conveys the essence of the conference by…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bias, Educational History, Educational Policy
Burnham, Brian – 1983
Research was conducted to investigate the in-school use of results of the Canadian Tests of Basic Skills reading and mathematics batteries administered in the elementary schools of the York Region Board of Education (YRBE). Interviews were conducted with school administrators, guidance counsellors, and teachers. Test uses included reporting…
Descriptors: Administrators, Basic Skills, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1993
At one of a series of hearings on H.R. 6, the Elementary and Secondary Education Amendments of 1993, several experts discussed issues related to national assessment, assessment in Chapter 1, and state efforts to develop new forms of assessment. Eleanor Chelimsky, Assistant Comptroller General for Program Evaluation and Methodology of the General…
Descriptors: Accountability, Compensatory Education, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
Holmes, Susan E. – 1986
This research, conducted for California State Department of Education, is one component of a feasibility study focusing on ways to make the testing process more efficient by application of multi-purpose tests (MPT). MPT are designed, administered and scored to serve more than one purpose and to consolidate and unify testing programs as a partial…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Content Analysis, Correlation
National Assessment Governing Board, Washington, DC. – 1992
The 1990s show distinct changes from the 1960s in terms of the views held by education practitioners, policymakers, and the public concerning the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Developments such as the national education goals, the prospect of voluntary national education standards, and the possibility of a national system of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Educational Assessment, Educational History
Bunch, Michael B. – 1986
In 1983 the Maryland State Department of Public Education (MSDE) issued a request for proposals for "The Development of the Score Reporting System for the Maryland Functional Testing Program." The MSDE called for a literature review, a national survey, a statewide survey of user needs and capabilities, an assessment of the state's report…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Design Requirements, Elementary Secondary Education, National Surveys
