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Download full textHerman, Joan L.; Brown, Richard S.; Baker, Eva L. – 2000
The progress of students and schools in California is examined by reviewing the state's recent test history and the state's progress in creating a sound, standards-based assessment system. The story about California is mixed. Overall performance on the Stanford Achievement Test, ninth edition (SAT-9) shows that the state average, overall grades…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Herman, Joan L.; Baker, Eva L.; Linn, Robert L. – Center for Research on Evaluation Standards and Student Testing CRESST, 2004
This focus of this newsletter asserts that if one accepts that accountability systems are intended to serve both symbolic and technical functions, one can ask how well they are operating symbolically to motivate action and how well they are doing in providing adequate technical information to support intended inferences. In this column, it is…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Performance Based Assessment, Evaluation Methods, Student Evaluation
Vendlinski, Terry P.; Nagashima, Sam; Herman, Joan L. – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2007
Current educational policy highlights the important role that assessment can play in improving education. State standards and the assessments that are aligned with them establish targets for learning and promote school accountability for helping all students succeed; at the same time, feedback from assessment results is expected to provide …
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Federal Legislation, State Standards, Educational Improvement
Peer reviewedHerman, Joan L. – Educational Leadership, 1992
Summarizes research supporting current beliefs in testing, identifies good assessment qualities, and reviews the current knowledge of test design. Standardized tests negatively affect academic program quality. Alternative assessments must be judged by their validity, reliability, consequences, fairness, generalizability, cognitive complexity,…
Descriptors: Accountability, Alternative Assessment, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Testing
Baker, Eva L.; Linn, Robert L.; Herman, Joan L.; Koretz, Daniel – 2002
This document presents standards for educational accountability systems that represent models of practice derived from three perspectives: research knowledge, practical experience, and ethical considerations. These standards should be conceived of as targets for state and local systems and as criteria to judge proposed models of accountability…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Delivery Systems, Educational Practices
Herman, Joan L. – 1986
A model for a comprehensive, multi-purpose, multi-user evaluation system is presented to facilitate educational decision making and to support school improvement and renewal. The model is school district-based but oriented to meet state-, school-, and classroom-level needs as well. The model emphasizes the usefulness of common or compatible…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrative Policy, Databases, Decision Making
Herman, Joan L.; Winters, Lynn – 1991
A rationale for school-based evaluation, criteria for a sensible evaluation and assessment system, and a systematic process for implementing an evaluation and assessment system are presented. School-based evaluation can be used as a management tool and a means of improving aspects of teaching. Sensible evaluation must be aligned with school goals,…
Descriptors: Accountability, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Educational Indicators
Direct linkHaertel, Edward H.; Herman, Joan L. – Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, 2005
In this article, the authors describe various rationales for accountability testing programs over the past century. This history forms the backdrop for current test-driven reforms, including Public Law 107-110, the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB), which was signed into law in January 2002. The goals of the authors are first, to illustrate…
Descriptors: Test Use, Testing Programs, Federal Legislation, Testing
