Educational Tests: Valid? Biased? Useful?.

Ebel, Robert L.

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ERIC Number: EJ124171

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Publication Date: 1975

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Educational Tests: Valid? Biased? Useful?

Ebel, Robert L.

Phi Delta Kappan, 57, 2, 83-88, Oct 75

Examines six areas of controversy surrounding testing--test validity, the role of affective objectives, criterion-referenced tests, test bias, IQ tests, and the effect of competition. (IRT)

Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Culture Fair Tests, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, Intelligence Tests, Norm Referenced Tests, Test Bias, Test Reliability, Test Validity, Tests

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