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| Elementary Secondary Education | 1 |
| Minority Group Children | 1 |
| Nontraditional Education | 1 |
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| Testing Problems | 1 |
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Peer reviewedFord, Charles, Jr. – Clearing House, 1980
The author examines four testing alternatives for minority group children who consistently do poorly on standardized tests: off-grade-level testing; not testing minority children at all; changing to an easier test; and criterion-referenced testing. He favors the last alternative. (SJL)
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Minority Group Children, Nontraditional Education
