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How Is My Child Doing? What Assessment Can Tell Parents about Their Child's Learning
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Herman, Joan L.; Mancevice, Nicole – Center on Standards and Assessments Implementation, 2018
Testing--as any administrator, teacher, or student will share, there is a lot of it going on in schools. It is not only the formal testing that many parents may remember from their school days. There is now a wide array of different kinds of assessment initiated by states, districts, schools, and classroom teachers. Why all this attention to…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Student Evaluation, Access to Information, Scores
Accountability and Assessment: Is Public Interest in K-12 Education Being Served? CRESST Report 728
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Herman, Joan L. – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2007
The reauthorization of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) makes this a good time to consider whether and how current accountability serves the public interest and whether and how it can better do so. This report explores these issues in the context of the current literature on the effects of accountability in K-12 education. It considers the meaning…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Accountability, Educational Legislation
Creating Accurate Science Benchmark Assessments to Inform Instruction. CSE Technical Report 730
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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
A Policymaker's Guide to Standards-Led Assessment.
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Linn, Robert L.; Herman, Joan L. – 1997
States across the United States are setting tough new standards, defining what students should know and be able to do. Unlike more traditional assessments, standards-led assessments are more closely linked to curriculum, incorporate preestablished performance goals, and require students to demonstrate a broad range of problem-solving skills. This…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education
Measurement Issues in the Alignment of Standards and Assessments: A Case Study
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Herman, Joan L.; Webb, Noreen M.; Zuniga, Stephen A. – Applied Measurement in Education, 2007
This study examined the impact of rater agreement on decisions concerning the alignment between the "Golden State Examination in High School Mathematics" (California Department of Education, 2001a) and the University of California (UC) "Statement on Competencies in Mathematics Expected of Entering College Students" (Academic…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Academic Standards, Item Analysis, Interrater Reliability
Measurement Issues in the Alignment of Standards and Assessments: A Case Study. CSE Report 653
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Herman, Joan L.; Webb, Noreen M.; Zuniga, Stephen A. – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2005
This study examined the impact of rater agreement on decisions concerning the alignment between the Golden State Examination (GSE) in High School Mathematics and the University of California (UC) "Statement on Competencies in Mathematics." UC faculty and high school mathematics teachers (n = 20) rated the mathematics items of the GSE…
Descriptors: State Standards, Case Studies, College Faculty, Mathematics Teachers