In recent years there have been increasing efforts to use accountability systems based on large-scale tests of students as a mechanism for improving student ach
Test-based accountability systems that attach high stakes to standardized test results have raised a number of issues on educational assessment and accountabili
This book was written in response to school policymaking's growing emphasis on testing. During the 1990s, a number of states implemented educational accountabil
America's leading expert in educational testing and measurement openly names the failures caused by today's testing policies and provides a blueprint for doing
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