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Looking behind the "Average": How Are States Reporting Test Results?

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Burstein, Leigh – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1990

Means of interpreting norm-referenced tests to lead to more accurate reporting results are discussed, with particular emphasis on state-level and district-level data. Suggestions fall into the categories of documentation, frequency norming, and multiple form use. (TJH)

Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Norm Referenced Tests, Research Methodology, School Districts

Looking behind the "Average": How Are States Reporting Test Results.

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Burstein, Leigh – 1990

This paper contends that, apparently, the patterns of above-norm performance that J. Cannell (1987) reported exist, although the extremity of his "Lake Wobegon" effect is perhaps overstated. The use of outdated test norms and other practices has been identified as a partial explanation for the reporting of "above-average"…

Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, National Norms