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State Assessment Systems: Exploring Best Practices and Innovations. Summary of Two Workshops
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Beatty, Alexandra – National Academies Press, 2010
Educators and policy makers in the United States have relied on tests to measure educational progress for more than 150 years, and have used the results for many purposes. They have tried minimum competency testing; portfolios; multiple-choice items, brief and extended constructed-response items; and more. They have contended with concerns about…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Workshops, Progress Monitoring, Testing Programs
Best Practices for State Assessment Systems, Part I: Summary of a Workshop
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Beatty, Alexandra – National Academies Press, 2010
Educators and policy makers in the United States have relied on tests to measure educational progress for more than 150 years. During the twentieth century, technical advances, such as machines for automatic scoring and computer-based scoring and reporting, have supported states in a growing reliance on standardized tests for statewide…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Workshops, State Standards, Educational Assessment