A Valedictory -- Copyright -- FOREWORD -- BOARD ON TESTING AND ASSESSMENT -- Contents -- A Valedictory: Reflections on 60 Years in Educational Testing -- THE WAY TO THE EGRESS -- PLUSES AND MINUSES IN THE ASSESSMENT MOVEMENT -- WRESTLING WITH MEASUREMENT ERROR -- NONSCIENTIFC MOTIVES IN ASSESSMENT ORGANIZATIONS -- LIMITATIONS ON TESTING -- CONCRETE BRAIN STORM -- APPENDIX: SAMPLING AND STATISTICAL PROCEDURES USED IN THE CALIFORNIA LEARNING ASSESSMENT SYSTEM -- Executive Summary -- DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED IN 1993 -- NONRESPONSE -- THE SAMPLING PLAN AND ITS EXECUTION -- SCORING OF TESTS -- SCHOOL REPORTS -- OPERATIONAL PROBLEMS AND MANAGEMENT -- REPORTING INDIVIDUAL SCORES IN 1994 -- CONCLUSION -- THE PROMISE AND CHALLENGE OF CLAS -- Risks and costs in innovation -- HOW THE COMMITTEE PROCEEDED -- THE NUMBER DESCRIBING SCHOOL PERFORMANCE AND ITS UNCERTAINTY -- A RECOMMENDATION ON SCHOOL REPORTS -- STANDARD ERRORS AND CONFIDENCE BANDS -- Types of error -- A target for accuracy in school reports -- NONRESPONSE BIAS -- SAMPLING OF STUDENTS AS POLICY AND PRACTICE -- THE 1993 SCORING TARGETS -- Improvements in sampling in 1994 and beyond -- THE SHORTFALL IN SCORING -- OPERATIONAL PROBLEMS: THEIR NATURE AND CAUSES -- LOSS OF DATA -- BREAKDOWNS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF DOCUMENTS -- RECOMMENDATIONS ON ADMINISTRATION AND QUALITY CONTROL -- The management structure -- Quality control -- ANALYSIS AND REPORTING AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL -- VALIDITY ISSUES -- SCORING -- Problems with mapping rules -- The invisible student -- Scoring accuracy in 1993 -- A step to improve accuracy -- RELIABILITY OF SCHOOL SCORES -- The school-level standard error -- The size of components -- Sample size and the SE -- SCORES FOR INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS -- THE NEED FOR EQUATING -- RELIABILITY FOR INDIVIDUALS -- What uncertainty is acceptable? -- Estimated standard errors.

A FINAL RECOMMENDATION -- ADDENDUM -- End Note -- STANDARD ERROR CALCULATIONS FOR SCHOOL SCORES -- Analyses adapted to the area.