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Peer reviewedStedman, Lawrence C. – Journal of Educational Research, 1994
The article assesses the report of the Sandia National Laboratory's contentions about decline in Scholactic Aptitude Test Scores, National Assessment of Educational Progress achievement, and international assessments. The article suggests the report is generally right about steady trends but seriously flawed by several errors. (SM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Assessment, Educational Quality, Educational Testing
Download full textStedman, Lawrence C.; Kaestle, Carl F. – 1986
Focusing on the problems of validity and representativeness of samples, a study examined the history of literacy in the United States since 1880 in order to set the contemporary debate on test scores, literacy and reading performance in the longer-range perspective of the last 100 years. The quality of the data and the arguments of literacy…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Educational History, Educational Trends, Literacy
