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National Tests: What Other Countries Expect Their Students to Know.

Cheney, Lynne V. – Humanities, 1991

Proposes a system of achievement testing for all U.S. students rather than just those who are college bound. Criticizes present achievement testing as a patchwork system that fails to provide parents with information about how much their children are learning in comparison to others. Provides a sampling of national achievement test questions from…

Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries, Secondary Education

Use of Norm-Referenced Achievement Tests in Evaluation: Some Concerns, Cautions, and Guidelines.

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Eichelberger, R. Tony – Mid-Western Educational Researcher, 1992

Concerns about norm-referenced achievement tests involve (1) the purposes of the tests (comparability of results); (2) the content of the tests; (3) psychometric screening of test items; (4) the form of tests items; (5) the interpretation of summary scores; and (6) the construct validity of the tests. Offers guidelines for use of norm-referenced…

Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Norm Referenced Tests, Reliability