A National Census of Educational Quality--What Is Needed?.

Lerner, Barbara

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Publication Date: 1987

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A National Census of Educational Quality--What Is Needed?

Lerner, Barbara

NASSP Bulletin, v71 n497 p42-44,46-52,54-58,60 Mar 1987

Examines the extent and nature of America's need to know whether the nation's educational outlook is improving, considers the contributions of the Scholastic Aptitude Test and the National Assessment of Educational Progress to the information effort, and proposes a more effective testing system to be administered by the Census Bureau. (PGD)

Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Needs, National Surveys, Norm Referenced Tests, Standardized Tests

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: National Assessment of Educational Progress; SAT (College Admission Test)

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