Best Practices for State Assessment Systems Part I:

Summary of a Workshop

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Alexandra Beatty, Rapporteur; Committee on Best Practices for State Assessment Systems: Improving Assessment While Revisiting Standards; National Research Council
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Front Matter	i-xii
1 Introduction	1-12	(skim)
2 Improving Assessments - Possibilities and Questions	13-30	(skim)
3 Innovative Assessment - Lessons from the Past and Present	31-40	(skim)
4 Political Experiences and Considerations	41-48	(skim)
5 Opportunities for Better Assessment	49-58	(skim)
6 Research Needs	59-64	(skim)
References	65-70	(skim)
Appendix A: Workshop Agenda	71-76	(skim)
Appendix B: Workshop Participants	77-82	(skim)

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Educators and policy makers in the United States have relied on tests to measure educational progress for more than 150 years. During the twentieth century, technical advances, such as machines for automatic scoring and computer-based scoring and reporting, have supported states in a growing reliance on standardized tests for statewide accountability.

State assessment data have been cited as evidence for claims about many achievements of public education, and the tests have also been blamed for significant failings. As standards come under new scrutiny, so, too, do the assessments that measure their results. The goal for this workshop, the first of two, was to collect information and perspectives on assessment that could be of use to state officials and others as they review current assessment practices and consider improvements.

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Summary of a Workshop

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