Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ448067
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
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Performance Assessments: Political Rhetoric and Measurement Reality.
Shavelson, Richard J.; And Others
Educational Researcher, v21 n4 p22-27 May 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, Educational Research, Educational Technology, Elementary School Students, Grade 5, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades, Measurement Techniques, National Competency Tests, Performance Based Assessment, Political Influences, Science Tests, Test Reliability, Test Validity
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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