Consequences of Assessment: What is the Evidence?

Creator

William A. Mehrens

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Publisher

Arizona State University, University of South Florida

Publication Date

July 1998

Abstract

Attention is here directed toward the prevalence of large scale assessments (focusing primarily on state assessments). I examine the purposes of these assessment programs; enumerate both potential dangers and benefits of such assessments; investigate what the research evidence says about assessment consequences (including a discussion of the quality of the evidence); discuss how to evaluate whether the consequences are good or bad; present some ideas about what variables may influence the probabilities for good or bad consequences; and present some tentative conclusions about the whole issue of the consequences of assessment and the amount of evidence available and needed.

Keywords

Educational evaluation

Extent

30

Volume

6

Issue

13

Language

English

Media Type

Journals (Periodicals)

Format

Digital Only

Identifier

E11-00104

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Recommended Citation

Mehrens, William A., "Consequences of Assessment: What is the Evidence?" (1998). Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA). 17.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/usf_EPAA/17