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Ebel, Robert L. – New Directions for Testing and Measurement, 1981
Tests of mental ability provide the most precise and efficient means of assessing a person's structure of knowledge. Tests help in cultivating cognitive competence, in developing and identifying excellence. The harmful consequences of not testing are outlined. (Author/AL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Tests, Test Use, Testing, Testing Problems
Peer reviewedEbel, Robert L. – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1982
Reasonable and practical solutions to two major problems confronting the developer of any test of educational achievement (what to measure and how to measure it) are proposed, defended, and defined. (Author/PN)
Descriptors: Measurement Techniques, Objective Tests, Test Construction, Test Items
