This document discusses five waves of educational reform since the 1950s that incorporated assessment and accountability:
1) Tracking and selection emphasized in the 1950s based on Conant's vision of differentiated high school tracks
2) Accountability for programs like Title I in the 1960s which increased standardized test use but also inflated gains
3) Minimum competency testing reforms of the 1970s-1980s where gains occurred mostly at the low achievement levels
4) School and district accountability reforms of the 1980s
5) Current standards-based accountability systems of the 1990s which face questions about validity and impact.
This document is a test paper for a 7th grade English exam at Taipei Municipal Longshan Junior High School. It consists of listening, grammar, reading and writing sections. The listening section has 4 parts testing vocabulary, responses, picture matching and dialog comprehension. The other sections test grammar, cloze, picture questions, reading and translation. The test covers English learning material from Units 3 to Review 2 of the textbook. Students have 50 minutes to complete the exam.
This document discusses five waves of educational reform since the 1950s that incorporated assessment and accountability:
1) Tracking and selection emphasized in the 1950s based on Conant's vision of differentiated high school tracks
2) Accountability for programs like Title I in the 1960s which increased standardized test use but also inflated gains
3) Minimum competency testing reforms of the 1970s-1980s where gains occurred mostly at the low achievement levels
4) School and district accountability reforms of the 1980s
5) Current standards-based accountability systems of the 1990s which face questions about validity and impact.
This document is a test paper for a 7th grade English exam at Taipei Municipal Longshan Junior High School. It consists of listening, grammar, reading and writing sections. The listening section has 4 parts testing vocabulary, responses, picture matching and dialog comprehension. The other sections test grammar, cloze, picture questions, reading and translation. The test covers English learning material from Units 3 to Review 2 of the textbook. Students have 50 minutes to complete the exam.