ERIC ED366616: Testing in America's Schools. Policy Information Rep... | |
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This report provides a profile of state testing programs | |
in 1992-93, as well as a view of classroom testing | |
practices by state, school district, school, or | |
individual teacher. Information, taken from a variety of | |
sources, including the National Assessment of Educational | |
Progress and a General Accounting Office study, indicates | |
that the multiple-choice test remains dominant. The most | |
prevalent purposes of state programs are accountability, | |
instructional improvement, and program evaluation. | |
Virtually all states test in mathematics and language, | |
and most also test in science, writing, and social | |
studies. Thirty-eight programs include writing samples, | |
and 34 states use norm-referenced tests while 34 use | |
criterion-referenced tests. Seventeen use some form of | |
performance assessment, and six collect student | |
portfolios. At least 36 percent of all students were | |
tested in state programs in 1992-93. Only one state uses | |
a norm-referenced test for high school graduation | |
purposes, while 20 use criterion-referenced tests. In the | |
classroom, in contrast, non-multiple-choice tests appear | |
to be the predominant mode. It is also concluded that | |
patterns of traditional and alternative testing in the | |
classroom are very similar for students of different | |
races, ethnicity, ability groups, and resource adequacy. | |
Fifteen figures and three tables present study | |
information. Document notes refer readers to information | |
sources. Four appendix tables amplify the information. | |
(SLD) | |
Date Published: 2014-10-23 13:35:00 | |
Identifier: ERIC_ED366616 | |
Item Size: 35161840 | |
Language: english | |
Media Type: texts | |
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