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Stover, Del – Executive Educator, 1988
The acting director of the National Center for Education Statistics, which oversees the National Assessment of Educational Progress, views state-by-state test scores as an opportunity for state officials to compare their states to states with similar characteristics. (MLF)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Comparative Analysis, Curriculum, Educational Quality
Weiss, John G.; Fege, Arnold F. – Executive Educator, 1988
Contends that state-by-state comparisons of National Assessment of Educational Progress test scores will lead to simplistic conclusions and an increase in teaching-to-the-test curriculums. (MLF)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Comparative Analysis, Curriculum, Educational Assessment
Peer reviewedPowell, Brian; Steelman, Lola Carr – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1987
This article is a response to Wainer's comments on a research study representing the first major analysis of factors linked to state differences in Scholastic Aptitude Test performance. (JAZ)
Descriptors: Class Rank, College Entrance Examinations, Economic Factors, Racial Differences
Friedland, Edward I.; Friedland, Mark W. – 1988
When properly understood, scores on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) support the hypothesis that the performance of American students as measured by the SAT is steadily improving. As the overall pool of SAT takers increases and as pressures to adopt SAT scores as an administrative measure of instructional performance mount, SAT averages at the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, Aptitude Tests, College Entrance Examinations
