National Assessment Governing Board and Voluntary National Tests: A Tale of Tribulations without Trials

Autor/in	Guerra, Michael
Institution	National Assessment Governing Board
Titel	National Assessment Governing Board and Voluntary National Tests: A Tale of Tribulations without Trials
Quelle	(2009), (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Governance; National Competency Tests; Governing Boards; Educational Policy; Evaluation; Pilot Projects; Field Tests; Federal Legislation; Academic Standards; Grade 4; Reading Achievement; Grade 8; Mathematics Achievement; Academic Achievement; Federal Government; Presidents; Public Agencies; National Assessment of Educational Progress + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; Governing body; Governing bodies; Leitungsgremium; Politics of education; Evaluierung; Pilot project; Modellversuch; Pilotprojekt; Praxisübung; Bundesrecht; School year 04; 4. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 04; Leseleistung; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Mathmatics sikills; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematical ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Schulleistung; Bundesregierung; President; Präsident; Öffentliche Einrichtung
Abstract	As the National Assessment Governing Board marks its 20th anniversary, it looks back at its stewardship of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) with understandable pride. NAEP existed for 20 years before the Board was established to provide an independent governance structure for the assessment. During its first two decades, NAEP tested only national and regional samples of students. Its reports were generally considered technically excellent. But while they may have been groundbreaking in the assessment field, they were little noticed and played virtually no role in shaping educational policy or practice. NAEP received little political heat in exchange for casting modest educational light--a tacit trade making NAEP non-controversial and inconsequential. For the past 20 years, the Board has been second-guessed often, but never criticized for politically motivated decisions. The Governing Board's political purity explains why the Board was eventually given the job of developing the Voluntary National Tests (VNT). This paper takes a look at the history of the National Assessment Governing Board and the Voluntary National Tests. Appendices include: (1) Archived Information for Voluntary National Tests; (2) Sec. 447. Prohibition on Federally Sponsored Testing; and (3) Tables about Draft Scenarios for the Proposed Voluntary National Test and (4) Implementation and Other Issues. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	National Assessment Governing Board. 800 North Capital Street NW Suite 825, Washington, DC 20002. Tel: 202-357-6938; Fax: 202-357-6945; Web site: http://www.nagb.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10