Should Achievement Tests be Used to Judge School Quality?

Creator

Scott C. Bauer

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Publisher

Arizona State University, University of South Florida

Publication Date

September 2000

Abstract

This study provides empirical evidence to answer the question whether student scores on standardized achievement tests represent reasonable measures of instructional quality. Using a research protocol designed by Popham and the local study directors, individual test items from a nationally-marketed standardized achievement test were rated by educators and parents to determine the degree to which raters felt that the items reflect important content that is actually taught in schools, and the degree to which raters felt that students' answers to the questions would be likely to be unduly influenced by confounded causality....

Extent

18

Volume

8

Issue

46

Language

English

Media Type

Journals (Periodicals)

Format

Digital Only

Identifier

E11-00190

Creative Commons

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.

Recommended Citation

Bauer, Scott C., "Should Achievement Tests be Used to Judge School Quality?" (2000). Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA). 60.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/usf_EPAA/60