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Introduction to the Special Issue on Nebraska's Alternative Approach to Statewide Assessment
Author(s) -
Bandalos Deborah L.
Publication year - 2004
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.1745-3992.2004.tb00152.x
Subject(s) - comparability , literacy , quality assessment , standardized test , test (biology) , educational assessment , quality (philosophy) , mathematics education , special education , pedagogy , psychology , evaluation methods , engineering , mathematics , paleontology , combinatorics , biology , philosophy , epistemology , reliability engineering
Nebraska's Standards‐based, Teacher‐led Assessment and Reporting System (STARS) is unique in its focus on locally developed, classroom‐based assessments in lieu of a state test. The purpose of this special issue is to introduce the STARS model and discuss the problems inherent in such a system. Other articles in this issue address issues of quality control and comparability of assessments, the development of teacher assessment literacy, and teachers' reactions to the implementation of STARS.