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Lemke, Robert J.; Hoerandner, Claus M.; McMahon, Robert E. – Education Economics, 2006
Much attention has focused recently on using student test scores to evaluate public schools. The No Child Left Behind Act of 2002 requires states to test students and evaluate each school's progress toward having all students meet or exceed state standards. Under the law, however, schools only need to test 95% of their students. When some students…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Student Evaluation, Measurement, Accountability
Easton, John Q.; Ponisciak, Stephen; Luppescu, Stuart – Consortium on Chicago School Research, 2008
This research report points to a "major misalignment" between the standards set by the state ISAT tests in elementary school and the college-readiness standards expected of all juniors in Illinois high schools as measured by the ACT, which is part of the state's PSAE exams. CCSR authors John Easton, Stephen Ponisciak and Stuart Luppescu…
Descriptors: High Schools, Public Schools, State Universities, Grade 11
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Chapman, Carmen Woods; And Others – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1984
The Illinois Inventory of Educational Progress (IIEP) writing assessment is designed to assess students' knowledge and skills on curricular benchmarks. The Rating Guide for Functional Writing is criterion-referenced. The IIEP is neither mandated by statute nor connected to graduation requirements. Randomly selected students are tested each year.…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Essay Tests
Center on Education Policy, 2009
This year the Center on Education Policy (CEP) analyzed data on the achievement of different groups of students in two distinct ways. First, it looked at grade 4 test results to determine whether the performance of various groups improved at three achievement levels--basic and above, proficient and above, and advanced. Second, it looked at gaps…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Low Income, American Indians, African American Students
Brennan, Mervin M.; And Others – 1980
Presented is an overview of the 1979 Illinois Inventory of Educational Progress (IIEP) for eleventh-grade mathematics. The IIEP is a systematic effort by the Illinois State Board of Education to collect information on the educational achievement of Illinois students in certain areas and to make that information available to educational…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Cognitive Objectives, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives