State assessment systems : exploring best practices and innovations : summary of two workshops /

State assessment systems : exploring best practices and innovations : summary of two workshops /

"Educators and policy makers in the United States have relied on tests to measure educational progress for more than 150 years, and have used the results for many purposes. They have tried minimum competency testing; portfolios; multiple-choice items, brief and extended constructed-response ite...

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Main Author: Beatty, Alexandra S. (Author)
Corporate Authors: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Best Practices for State Assessment Systems: Improving Assessment While Revisiting Standards, National Research Council (U.S.). Center for Education
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2010?], ©2010.
Subjects:
Educational evaluation > United States > Congresses.
Educational tests and measurements > United States > Congresses.
Education and state > United States > Congresses.
Conference papers and proceedings
Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Improving assessments : questions and possibilities
  • Recent innovative assessments
  • Political experiences and considerations
  • Coherent assessment systems
  • Opportunities for better assessment
  • Making use of assessment information
  • Challenges of developing new assessments
  • Research needs
  • Appendix A: Workshop agendas
  • Appendix B: Workshop participants.

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