Volume 52, Number 1,

Spring 2006


Editorial

George H. Buck

1

Editorial: Quid est Veritas?

Articles

(click on the author name to see abstract of article)

Gregory A. Pope
Carolyn Wentzel
Brigitta Braden
Jordan Anderson

 4

Relationships Between Gender and Alberta Achievement Test Scores
During a Four-Year Period
W. Todd Rogers
Kathryn L. Ricker

16

Establishing Performance Standards and Setting Cut-Scores
Marilyn L. Abbott

25

Setting Cut-Scores for Complex Performance Assessments: A CriticalExamination of the Analytic Judgment Method
Jie Lin

36

The Bookmark Procedure for Setting Cut-Scores and Finalizing Performance Standards: Strengths and Weaknesses
Kathryn L. Ricker

53

Setting Cut-Scores: A Critical Review of the Angoff and Modified Angoff Methods
Nizam Radwan
W. Todd Rogers

65

A Critical Analysis of the Body of Work Method for Setting Cut-Scores
W. Todd Rogers
Kathryn L. Ricker

80

Epilogue
Yadollah Mehralizadeh
Hossain Sepace
Fatimeh Atashfeshan

84

Globalization and Decentralization of Management: A Study of the Feasibility of Application of School-Based Management in Iran's Secondary Schools
Research Note
Robert W. Bruinsma

99

Are They Ready to Teach Reading and Writing? The Preparation of Preservice Elementary Language Arts Teachers in Canadian Universities

Book Review

Natasja Larson

103

Educational Policy Studies: A Practical Approach by Jerome G. Delaney


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: July 6, 2006
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