NAEP and the Movement toward National Testing. Draft.

Autor/in	Koretz, Daniel
Titel	NAEP and the Movement toward National Testing. Draft.
Quelle	(1992), (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Accountability; Educational Assessment; Educational History; Elementary Secondary Education; Evaluation Methods; National Competency Tests; National Norms; National Programs; Political Influences; Student Evaluation; Test Use; Testing Programs; National Assessment of Educational Progress + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Verantwortung; Education; assessment; Bewertungssystem; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; nicht übertragen; Political influence; Politischer Einfluss; Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung; Testanwendung
Abstract	Roles suggested for the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in proposed national testing are discussed. Recent proposals center around monitoring, evaluation and accountability, and serving as a benchmark for other tests. Monitoring has been the traditional function of the NAEP, and in this role, its influence has been substantial. The movement to use this assessment for evaluation and accountability is well under way, as exemplified in the Trial State Assessment of 1990 and its extensions. Proposals to use the NAEP would, in effect, use it as a substitute for publisher's norming samples or as a national anchor test. These proposals raise the following technical issues: (1) linking a broad matrix-sampled test to narrower student-level tests; (2) linking taught-to tests to uncorrupted tests; (3) keeping the NAEP itself uncorrupted; and (4) erroneous evaluations based on insufficient data. It is concluded that the NAEP remains best suited for its original monitoring function. There is a 13-item list of references. (SLD)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC