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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013-Dec-20
Pages: 32
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Toward Educational Testing Reform: Inside Reading Achievement Tests
Schutz, Dick
Education Policy Analysis Archives, v21 n90 Dec 2013
The commentary (1) uses the U. S. National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) as a prototype for examining standardized reading achievement tests at the item level, and (2) sketches an alternative based on an initiative underway in the United Kingdom.
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Educational Change, Achievement Tests, Reading Achievement, Educational Assessment, Standardized Tests, Foreign Countries, Difficulty Level, Readability, Achievement Gap, Racial Differences, Alternative Assessment, Evaluation Methods, Grade 4, Grade 8, Grade 12
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education; Grade 4; Grade 8; Grade 12
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: National Assessment of Educational Progress
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