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Herndon, Enid B. – 1980
This guide is designed to help parents gain a better understanding of testing and its role in the education of their children. It answers the following questions: (1) What are standardized tests? (2) What do standardized test scores tell me about my child? (3) How are standardized test scores used? (4) What are the limitations of standardized…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Minimum Competency Testing, Norm Referenced Tests
Herndon, Enid B. – 1981
This booklet is designed to help parents gain a better understanding of testing and its role in the education of their children. Answers to questions concerning the different types of tests given in schools, differences among these tests, how test results are used, what test scores mean and how the scores affect students are provided. Several…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Minimum Competency Testing, Norm Referenced Tests