National Tests and Education Reform: Are They Compatible? NAEP TIMSS
- Author(s):
- Jones, Lyle V.
- Publication Year:
- 1997
- Source:
- William H. Angoff Memorial Lecture Series, ETS Policy Information Center Report
- Document Type:
- Publication
- Page Count:
- 22
- Subject/Key Words:
- Angoff Memorial Lecture Series, Education Reform, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), Mathematics, Reading, Trends in International Math and Science Study (TIMSS)
Abstract
The fourth annual William H. Angoff Lecture cautions that "currently proposed national tests would do more harm than good and are more likely to inhibit than to support constructive educational reforms."