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Peer reviewedLinn, Robert L. – Applied Measurement in Education, 1998
The validity of interpretations of National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) achievement levels is evaluated by focusing on evidence regarding three types of discrepancies: (1) between standards; (2) among descriptions of achievement levels; and (3) between assessments and content standards. All of these discrepancies raise serious…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, National Surveys
Peer reviewedFetler, Mark E. – Applied Measurement in Education, 1990
Two methods for constructing differentiated school norms and computing percentile ranks for school mean achievement accounting for demographic background factors are illustrated. These methods, which account for socioeconomic conditions that are beyond the control of the school, are applied to two large samples of schools (n=1,573 and n=797,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Evaluation Methods, High School Students, High Schools
