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Will Lorié – National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment, 2023
As a desired outcome of education, ethical thinking has roots in philosophy, developmental psychology, and political movements that advocate for developing knowledge, capabilities, and dispositions beyond those associated with traditional school subjects. Economists, business leaders, and educators have long advocated for preparing students for an…
Descriptors: Success, Thinking Skills, Ethics, Outcomes of Education
Keng, Leslie; Boyer, Michelle – National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment, 2020
ACT requested assistance from the National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment (Center for Assessment) to investigate declines of scores for states administering the ACT to its 11th grade students in 2018. This request emerged from conversations among state leaders, the Center for Assessment, and ACT in trying to understand the…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Scores, Test Score Decline, Educational Trends
Lorié, William – National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment, 2020
State assessment leaders are concerned about the challenges with receiving full approval from the U.S. Department of Education (USED) when using the ACT or the SAT as their assessment of high school achievement. USED has asked states opting to use the ACT or the SAT as the achievement indicator under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) to…
Descriptors: Alignment (Education), College Entrance Examinations, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education