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Center on Standards and Assessments Implementation, 2019
In order to comply with the regulations put forth by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), states are required to submit evidence associated with their statewide accountability systems to the United States Department of Education (ED) for peer review. Some states have elected to…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Peer Evaluation, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation
Borja, Rhea R. – Education Week, 2007
Sometimes assessments that work in theory fall apart in reality. This article discusses the unique learning-measurement system in Nebraska. Instead of relying on statewide standardized tests to comply with the accountability requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind Act--as is the case in the other 49 states--districts in Nebraska use their…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Academic Standards, Standardized Tests, Accountability
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Roschewski, Pat – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2004
Nebraska's approach to standards, assessment, and accountability, the School-based Teacher-led Assessment and Reporting System (STARS) is based upon local control and the belief that classrooms and teachers must be at the heart of student learning and accountability. STARS relies on locally-developed assessment systems to accurately measure and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Teacher Role
Collis, John – 1990
This treatise is a compilation of various educational malpractice cases as well as other references regarding educational malpractice and related malpractice cases from other professions, such as medicine, law and psychiatry, and is intended to serve as a source for understanding the complex and sensitive problems relating to educational…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Administrators, Court Litigation