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ERIC Number: EJ525418
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-0886-1633
"High Stakes Performance Assessment: Perspectives on Kentucky's Educational Reform" Book Review. .
Culver, Steven M.
Evaluation Practice, v16 n3 p279-81 1995
This volume provides the background of the Kentucky Education Reform Act and discusses the assessment and evaluation principles on which it is based. It reviews early steps in implementation of the Act's mandates, but was written before most of the battles of implementation had begun. (SLD)
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Educational Theories, Evaluation Methods, High Stakes Tests, Performance Based Assessment, Program Development, Program Implementation, State Legislation, State Programs, Testing Programs
Publication Type: Book/Product Reviews; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Kentucky Education Reform Act 1990; Reform Efforts
Note: Reviews "High Stakes Performance Assessment: Perspectives on Kentucky's Educational Reform," edited by Thomas R. Guskey, Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press, 1994.