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ERIC Number: EJ352253
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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A National Census of Educational Quality--What Is Needed?
Lerner, Barbara
NASSP Bulletin, v71 n497 p42-44,46-52,54-58,60 Mar 1987
Examines the extent and nature of America's need to know whether the nation's educational outlook is improving, considers the contributions of the Scholastic Aptitude Test and the National Assessment of Educational Progress to the information effort, and proposes a more effective testing system to be administered by the Census Bureau. (PGD)
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Needs, National Surveys, Norm Referenced Tests, Standardized Tests
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Bureau of the Census; Excellence in Education; National Assessment of Educational Progress; Scholastic Aptitude Test