Abstract
In this article, I present the perspectives of an independent measurement expert regarding the Texas state graduation test, the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS). I conclude, among other things, that (a) the TAAS was constructed according to acceptable professional standards; (b) it tests curricular material that Texas Board of Education views important for graduates to have mastered; (c) students have had ample opportunity to learn the material tested on the TAAS; (d) providing instruction on the domain the test samples seems commendable; (e) the TAAS requirement should increase efforts to educate all students in Texas; (f) the TAAS is sufficiently reliable and valid; (g) conjunctive decision making is an appropriate decision making model; and (h) the standard setting was done in a manner that met professional standards.
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