Strategies for Examining the Consequences of Assessment and Accountability Programs |
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| Authors: | Suzanne Lane Clement A Stone |
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| Institution: | Suzanne Lane is Professor of Education, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260. Her area of specialization is educational measurement. Clement A. Stone is Professor of Education, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260. His area of specialization is item response theory and applications. |
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| Abstract: | This article addresses issues in evaluating the consequences of assessment programs that are developed for the purpose of holding schools accountable to state standards. After providing a brief review of research examining consequential evidence, a validation study to obtain consequential evidence for state assessment and accountability programs is proposed. The proposal includes a validity argument, a set of propositions that follow from the validity argument, a delineation of the consequential evidence needed, and a way to model the relationship between performance gains and school, principal, teacher, and student variables. |
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