Report
Working paper
How Accurate are Teacher Judgments of Students' Academic Performance?
NCES
Publication date:
April 1996
Survey areas:
Publication number:
NCES 9608
Summary
This paper was prepared in support of Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (ECLS) instrument development efforts. The paper presents the results of a review of the research literature documenting the accuracy of teachers' judgements of students' academic performance. The paper examines the methods by which teacher judgements have been evaluated and summarizes findings from this research. The implications from this research for using teacher judgement measures in the ECLS are discussed.