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The Validity and Credibility of the Achievement Levels for the 1990 National Assessment of Educational Progress in Mathematics

Dec 1991

Robert L. Linn, Daniel M. Koretz, Eva L. Baker, and Leigh Burstein

This preliminary report, part of a Congressionally mandated study of the validity of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), examines the reasonableness and technical adequacy of the achievement levels set by the National Assessment Governing Board.

Linn, R. L., Koretz, D. M., Baker, E. L., & Burstein, L. (1991). The validity and credibility of the achievement levels for the 1990 National Assessment of Educational Progress in mathematics (CSE Report 330). Los Angeles: University of California, Los Angeles, National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST).