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What Do They Measure? Comparing Three Learning Outcomes Assessments
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Steedle, Jeffrey; Kugelmass, Heather; Nemeth, Alex – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2010
Many postsecondary institutions currently administer standardized tests of general college outcomes; more than a quarter of Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) member institutions do so. Using standardized tests for accountability purposes has been contentious mainly because these tests do not measure every important…
Descriptors: Test Results, Standardized Tests, Test Validity, Educational Testing