A Critique of Test Standardization.

Orasanu, Judith; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ168927

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Publication Date: 1977

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A Critique of Test Standardization

Orasanu, Judith; And Others

Social Policy, 8, 2, 61-67, Sep-Oct 77

Sets criteria for social and educational adequacy of standardized tests. Drawing an analogy, the author says people would not subject themselves to medical tests unless they could anticipate a diagnosis and, if all is not lost, a treatment. Says standardized tests are not diagnostic, serve to maintain inequality, and should not be continued. (Author/GC)

Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Norm Referenced Tests, Standardized Tests

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