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Performance Assessments for Adult Education: Exploring the Measurement Issues:

Report of a Workshop

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Size: 132 pages, 6 x 9

Publication Year:2002

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Committee for the Workshop on Alternatives for Assessing Adult Education and Literacy Programs, Robert J. Mislevy and Kaeli T. Knowles, Editors, National Research Council
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Front Matter	i-xii
1 Introduction	1-6	(skim)
2 Background	7-35	(skim)
3 Assessment and Test Design	36-49	(skim)
4 Quality Standards for Performance Assessments	50-70	(skim)
5 Developing Performance Assessments for the National Reporting System	71-83	(skim)
6 Challenges in Adult Education	84-91	(skim)
7 Options and Strategies	92-102	(skim)
References	103-106	(skim)
Appendix A: Workshop Agenda	107-112	(skim)
Appendix B: Workshop Participants	113-117	(skim)
Appendix C: Adult Education and Family Literacy Act FY 2001 Appropriation for State Grants	118-120	(skim)

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