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Download full textImel, Susan – 1990
Four major types of approaches to learner assessment are standardized testing, materials-based, competency-based, and participatory assessment. Standardized tests are easy and inexpensive to administer. Objections are their intrinsic defects and misuse. Materials-based assessment, the practice of evaluating learners on the basis of tests following…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Competency Based Education
