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Study on Performance Standards in Education
Pages 97-100

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... Legislation reau~or~zing the largest federal elementary and secondary education programs requires as a condition of federal funding that U.S. states submit state plans describing coherent and challenging content and performance standards that they will establish or use for all children, as well as what the states will do to enable children to meet these standards.
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... They will address: o o o o o o o reasons for concern about standards differences in student achievement setting and monitoring standards procedures and methods (who sets the standards; how are they managed and financed how are consistency and fairness achieved, what factors influence standard levels, what are the mechanics of the standards setting process, what constitutes a performance standard? how are performance standards applied, how and when are standards reviewed, how is attainment of performance standards determined, how are instruments constructed and scored, how are attainment and analyses reported, and are there provisions for testing and scoring children with special needs?
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... 2. Comparative studies that synthesize and analyze the information gathered under the country-specific work carried out under the country-specific technical studies.
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... and OECD, Paris, France. U.S./OECD Study on Performance Standardsin Education: Quality, Curriculum, Standards, Assessment: Guidelines and Questions for Country Studies.
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