NCEO OOLT Report 13 - Rapid Changes, Repeated Challenges: States' Out-of-Level Testing Policies for 2003-2004

2012

The purpose of this research study was to illustrate the ways in which out-of-level testing policies have changed over the three years from 2000-2001 to 2003-2004. In 2000-2001, 12 states were using out-of-level tests to measure student progress toward content standard proficiency. A detailed research study conducted at the end of 2000-2001 to examine the out-of-level testing policies of these 12 states (Thurlow & Minnema, 2001) revealed that policies varied considerably across states. Much has happened in the years since 2000-2001. By 2003-2004, the number of states having a version of below grade level testing (out-of-level or levels testing) as an option in their large-scale assessment programs had increased to 17 states.

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http://www.cehd.umn.edu/NCEO/OnlinePubs/oolt13report.pdf

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