Nearly 90 percent of Illinois districts cite student assessment purposes as major purposes of their district-wide testing programs, with measuring student performance most common¶
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q2 i? Nearly 90 percent of surveyed districts mentioned student assessment purposes as a major purpose of district-wide testing, and over 70 percent specifically cited measuring student performance. → John Q. Easton 2000
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John Q. Easton 2000¶
John Q. Easton. (2000). Testing and Assessment in Illinois School Districts. The Consortium on Chicago School Research. https://consortium.uchicago.edu/publications/testing-and-assessment-illinois-school-districts
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Telephone survey of 75 Illinois districts (random sample of 60 plus the 20 largest) with assessment coordinators or superintendents; interviews lasted 30 to 45 minutes. The report states "Nearly 90 percent of districts mentioned student assessment purposes" and separately that over 70 percent cited measuring student performance.
"Nearly 90 percent of districts mentioned student assessment purposes as one of the major purposes of their district-wide testing program."
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Related Claims¶
- About 90 percent of Illinois districts administer standardized achievement tests, with aptitude/IQ tests, career planning instruments, local CRTs, and diagnostic tests less common — related
- Districts most often cite quality and integrity of the testing program as its strength, followed by identifying student strengths and weaknesses
- Districts' most frequently stated testing weaknesses are lack of alignment with standards and curriculum and time taken from instruction, each cited by 24 percent
- Districts report using test scores more to evaluate school improvement and district programs than to evaluate students, and rarely to evaluate principals or teachers
- Districts' most frequent suggestions for improving ISAT are stability and consistency and faster turnaround, each urged by about one-quarter of districts
- Districts rate ISAT alignment to state learning standards highest among five rated areas, but fewer than half use the top two categories, and month administered and speed of reporting rate lowest
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Nearly 90 percent of Illinois districts cite student assessment purposes as major purposes of their district-wide testing programs, with measuring student performance most common |
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Nearly 90 percent of Illinois districts cite student assessment purposes as major purposes of their district-wide testing programs, with measuring student performance most common |
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