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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Braun, Henry – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2011
The focus article "Road Maps for Learning: A Guide to the Navigation of Learning Progressions" by Black, Wilson, and Yao (this issue) is a veritable tour-de-force, covering a great deal of education ground while spanning the heights from models of the interplay among curriculum, pedagogy, and assessment to interpretations of student responses to…
Descriptors: State Standards, Educational Change, Consortia, Accountability
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Smith, Carol L.; Wiser, Marianne; Anderson, Charles W.; Krajcik, Joseph – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2006
The purpose of this article is to suggest ways of using research on children's reasoning and learning to elaborate on existing national standards and to improve large-scale and classroom assessments. The authors suggest that "learning progressions"--descriptions of successively more sophisticated ways of reasoning within a content domain based on…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, National Standards, Children, Scientific Concepts
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Popham, W. James; Keller, Tom; Moulding, Brett; Pellegrino, James; Sandifer, Paul – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2005
Instructionally supportive accountability tests (a) measure students' mastery of only a modest number of extraordinarily important curricular aims; (b) describe what is to be assessed in clear, teacher-palatable language; and (c) report each student's results for every curricular aim assessed. To determine the suitability of such assessments to…
Descriptors: Science Tests, Physical Sciences, Accountability, Educational Legislation