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Nationally Normed Elementary Achievement Testing in America's Public Schools: How All 50 States Are Above the National Average
Author(s) -
Cannell John Jacob
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
educational measurement: issues and practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.158
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1745-3992
pISSN - 0731-1745
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-3992.1988.tb00424.x
Subject(s) - phenomenon , test (biology) , achievement test , mathematics education , political science , psychology , standardized test , physics , paleontology , biology , quantum mechanics
Dr. Cannell asks how all 50 states can report being above average on nationally normed tests. Me reports that increased achievement is by no means the whole explanation for this finding. Whatever the full explanation of the phenomenon to which Dr. Cannell has brought widespread attention, he clearly presents a challenge to specialists in educational measurement both to better account for the phenomenon and to find better ways of explaining test results to the public.