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Disabilities Measurement: Committee Testing: A Review.

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Haney, Walter M. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1982

The findings in Volume I of the Committee on Ability Testing's report (see ED 213 770 and ED 213 771) are shown to be ambiguous regarding the meaning of ability, vague regarding test validity, and ingenuous regarding test uses and misuse. The neglect of the basic question of what tests measure is noted. (CM)

Descriptors: Ability, Advisory Committees, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education

Two Weak Spots in the Practice of Criterion-referenced Measurement.

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Linn, Robert L. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1982

Confusion in the terminology used in criterion-referenced measurement specifications and development and standard setting and the attendant role of cut-off scores are shown to need practical clarification through psychometric research on test applications and consequences. (CM)

Descriptors: Academic Standards, Criterion Referenced Tests, Cutting Scores, Measurement Objectives