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Peer reviewedHaile, Penelope J. – Social Policy, 1977
The purpose for which a test is needed is the most important criterion for deciding which type of student assessment tool should be used. Standardized tests were developed as sorting instruments based upon certain views of knowledge and learning. Educators, according to their own values, must either bring standardized tests more into line with…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Individual Testing
Download full textLam, Tony C. M. – 1988
The National Commission on Testing and Public Policy is conducting a 3-year policy-oriented investigation of the role of tests, especially standardized, norm-referenced tests, in the allocation of educational, training, and employment opportunities in the United States today. This document reports on the first hearing, which focused on the…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Asian American Students, Asian Americans, Educational Assessment
