A Response to "Setting Reasonable and Useful Performance Standards" in the National Academy of Sciences'"Grading the Nation's Report Card.".

Hambleton, Ronald K.; Brennan, Robert L.; Brown, William; Dodd, Barbara; Forsyth, Robert A.; Mehrens, William A.; Nellhaus, Jeff; Reckase, Mark; Rindone, Douglas; van der Linden, Wim J.; Zwick, Rebecca

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ERIC Number: EJ612379

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 2000

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ISSN: ISSN-0731-1745

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A Response to "Setting Reasonable and Useful Performance Standards" in the National Academy of Sciences'"Grading the Nation's Report Card."

Hambleton, Ronald K.; Brennan, Robert L.; Brown, William; Dodd, Barbara; Forsyth, Robert A.; Mehrens, William A.; Nellhaus, Jeff; Reckase, Mark; Rindone, Douglas; van der Linden, Wim J.; Zwick, Rebecca

Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, v19 n2 p5-14 Sum 2000

Responds to a negative evaluation of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) and asserts that a review of the evidence for the NAEP performance standards indicates that there is support for the current approach to NAEP standard setting. Considers the scholarship of the NAS evaluation inadequate. (SLD)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Evaluation, Standard Setting (Scoring), Standards, Student Evaluation

Publication Type: Book/Product Reviews; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: National Assessment of Educational Progress

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