Testing Our Children [microform] : A Report Card on State Assessment Systems / Monty Neill
- Bib ID:
- 5688448
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Neill, Monty
- Online Version:
- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED460953
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- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1997
- 242 p.
- Summary:
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In this study, FairTest evaluated how well state assessment practices live up to the promise of high standards without standardization. The practices of states were measured against standards derived from the "Principles and Indicators for Student Assessment Systems," a 1995 publication of education and civil rights groups working through the National Forum on Assessment. FairTest used surveys, interviews, and various documents to evaluate the states and developed a scoring guide to evaluate each state. Survey responses were received from 44 states, and FairTest drew on other documents to evaluate the other 6 states. It found that, after nearly a decade of intensive discussions about the role and nature of assessment, and despite some important improvements, the fundamental approach of state testing has not changed. Labels have sometimes been revised to "assessment," but most state programs still rely on traditional, multiple-choice tests, and most states still use them inappropriately to make high-stakes decisions. Two-thirds of state student assessment systems do not even reach the middle level of system quality. One-third of systems need a complete overhaul, and another third need major improvements. In two-thirds of the states it may be said that testing systems often impede, rather than enhance, genuine education reform. Many states do not base their assessments on their content standards, and too many states use norm-referenced tests rather than tests that compare achievement to state standards. A summary is included for each state. Eight appendixes provide additional information about the surveys, study methodology, and the principles considered, as well as a glossary, a list of abbreviations, a bibliography, and an order form. (SLD)
- Notes:
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- Availability: National Center for Fair and Open Testing (FairTest), 342 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02139 ($30). Tel: 617-864-4810; Fax: 617-497-2224; Web site: http://www.FairTest.org.
- Sponsoring Agency: Joyce Foundation, Chicago, IL.
- Sponsoring Agency: Ford Foundation, New York, NY.
- ERIC Note: FairTest Staff contributors were Laura Barrett, Phyllis Bursh, Mark Earley, Charles Rooney, Robert Schaeffer, Leslye Sneider, and Marilyn Yohe. This full report contains the Executive Summary. For the Executive Summary, independent of the full report, see TM 028 897.
- May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/
- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- National Center for Fair and Open Testing (FairTest), Cambridge, MA
- Available From:
- ERIC
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1997
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