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The Big Tests: What Ends Do They Serve?
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Bracey, Gerald – Educational Leadership, 2009
Bracey looks at three well-known assessments--the National Assessment of Educational Progress, the Program of International Student Assessment, and the Trends in Mathematics and Science Study--and concludes that their "instruction-insensitive" design makes them inappropriate as measures of education quality in schools, districts, states,…
Descriptors: National Competency Tests, Educational Quality, Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods