Broad-Based Involvement in a Study of Alternative Testing Strategies for Louisiana [microform] / Lee McGraw Hoffman
- Bib ID:
- 5460884
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Hoffman, Lee McGraw
- Online Version:
- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED264305
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- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1984
- 10 p.
- Summary:
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In 1984 the Louisiana State Superintendent of Education directed the Bureau of Evaluation to conduct a study of alternative testing strategies for the State, keeping in mind the possibility that retaining the current testing program was an alternative to be considered. The Bureau designed a study calling for the involvement of four distinct groups: (1) the general public; (2) parents of children affected by the State testing program; (3) local education agency (LEA) teaching and central office staff; and (4) Staff Program administrators or policymakers. Participants were selected by local superintendents for skills as opinion-leaders, and by State Department of Education administrators at the state level. Group interviews and individual interviews provided data. Groups were almost unanimous in identifying major purposes for a state testing program: (1) parents wanted information about how their children were doing on skills beyond the minimums; (2) LEA staff felt this should not be a requirement for a promotion; and (3) both groups were happy in suggesting a strategy that would give normative data on higher level skills, but that would not count them as a promotion requirement. Pre-interview training proved to be successful. This study procedure was extremely labor-intensive, and suggestions from interviews had to be carefully weighed by technical staff. (LMO)
- Notes:
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- ERIC Note: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Evaluation Research Society (San Francisco, CA, October 11, 1984).
- Educational level discussed: Elementary Secondary Education.
- Researchers.
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- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
- Subject:
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- Administrator Attitudes
- Competency Based Education
- Elementary Secondary Education
- Graduation Requirements
- Inservice Education
- Interviews
- Minimum Competency Testing
- Parent Attitudes
- Program Evaluation
- Program Improvement
- State Standards
- Teacher Attitudes
- Testing Programs
- Louisiana
- Louisiana Basic Skills Test
- Other authors/contributors:
- Louisiana State Dept. of Education, Baton Rouge
- Available From:
- ERIC
- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
- 1984
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