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Publication Date: 1994
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The Changing Role of Educational Assessment in the 1990s.
Marcoulides, George A.; Heck, Ronald H.
Education and Urban Society, v26 n4 p332-39 Aug 1994
The seven articles of this issue examine the implications of the proposed use of a variety of new assessments for students and parents, schools and school personnel, the educational system, and society in general. They clarify the dilemmas that challenge educational assessment and the relationship of assessment to educational reform. (SLD)
Descriptors: Accountability, Alternative Assessment, Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Educational History, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation, Evaluation Needs, Futures (of Society), High Risk Students, Performance Based Assessment, Test Results, Test Use, Urban Schools
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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