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6 Summing Up: Issues to Consider and Resolve
Pages 38-41

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... The following discussion points out issues that need to be considered and resolved before implementation decisions can be made. CLARIEY THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES The goals of district-level reporting for NAEP were not apparent to workshop participants.
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From page 39...
... One speaker stated his selfformulated assumptions then noted that if any of the assumptions proved to be inaccurate, "my testimony would change accordingly." Many speakers highlighted background data as being very useful and were intrigued by the prospect of seeing performance data broken down by background characteristics. Speakers were not aware that given the sample sizes required, such information is not likely to be provided.
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... Meaningful comparisons, as defined by demographic, political, and other contextual variables that districts believe are important, depend on there being a wide variety of other districts with district-level reports. Having only a handful of districts that meet the sampling criteria may limit one of the most fundamental functions for district-level reporting, that is, having a carefully selected group of other districts against which to compare results.
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... was that district-level reports would raise the stakes associated with NAEP. An evaluation of the effects of higher stakes, particularly as they relate to the types of inferences that may be made, would be Important.
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