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ERIC Number: EJ528636
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0671
Evaluating Equity in Alternative Assessment: An Illustration of Opportunity-to-Learn Issues.
Herman, Joan L.; Klein, Davina C. D.
Journal of Educational Research, v89 n4 p246-56 Mar-Apr 1996
Based on the 1993 California Learning Assessment System Middle Grades Mathematics Performance Assessment, this study explored whether schools provided students equal opportunities to learn that which is assessed. Classroom observation of assessment administration and interviews with students and teachers at 13 schools found some differences between schools in various opportunity-to-learn measures. (SM)
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Educational Quality, Equal Education, Evaluation Methods, Intermediate Grades, Junior High School Students, Junior High Schools, Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Instruction, Middle Schools, Student Attitudes, Student Characteristics, Student Evaluation, Teacher Attitudes
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: California Learning Assessment System