Determining the Validity of Performance-Based Assessment.

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Title: Determining the Validity of Performance-Based Assessment.
Language: English
Authors: Burger, Susan E., Burger, Donald L.
Source: Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice. Spr 1994 13(1):9-15.
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 7
Publication Date: 1994
Document Type: Reports - Evaluative
Journal Articles
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Age Differences, Competence, Criteria, Educational Assessment, Elementary Education, National Norms, Norm Referenced Tests, Performance, Performance Based Assessment, Standardized Tests, Test Use, Test Validity
Geographic Terms: Michigan
Assessment and Survey Identifiers: Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills
ISSN: 0731-1745
Abstract: One means of establishing the validity of performance-based assessments is to determine whether the criteria for basic competencies on performance tests are reasonable in relation to expected (nationally normed) age-level performance. Links between performances on three assessments in Michigan and the Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills illustrate this approach. (SLD)
Entry Date: 1994
Accession Number: EJ484363
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:One means of establishing the validity of performance-based assessments is to determine whether the criteria for basic competencies on performance tests are reasonable in relation to expected (nationally normed) age-level performance. Links between performances on three assessments in Michigan and the Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills illustrate this approach. (SLD)
ISSN:0731-1745