Using Tests Constructively in an Era of Controversy.

Fincher, Cameron

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Publication Date: 1979

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Using Tests Constructively in an Era of Controversy.

Fincher, Cameron

College Board Review, n113 p2-7 Fall 1979

Testing can serve an important function in the selective admissions process, but the emphasis should be shifted from measurement to assessment of learning, from people evaluation to program evaluation, and from a concern with aptitude to a concern with accomplishment. Such changes would help testing improve teaching and learning. (Author/JMD)

Descriptors: College Admission, College Entrance Examinations, Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Educational Testing, Evaluation Needs, Higher Education, Instructional Improvement, Measurement Objectives, Program Evaluation, Selective Admission, Standardized Tests, Test Validity

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Language: English

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