July 2, 1991
Guidelines for Effective Score Reporting

Authors:
Pamela R. Aschbacher and Joan L. Herman
The purpose of this paper is to examine the current practice in state reporting of assessment results and to provide guidelines for effect reporting, derived from the literature on cognitive psychology, communications, and information representation and decision making, along with illustrations of exemplary practice. Both content and format concerns are addressed.
Aschbacher, P. R., & Herman, J. L. (1991). Guidelines for effective score reporting (CSE Report 326). Los Angeles: University of California, Los Angeles, National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST).
