Ability Measurement: Uses, Consequences, and Controversies.

Wigdor, Alexandra K.

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Publication Date: 1982

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Ability Measurement: Uses, Consequences, and Controversies.

Wigdor, Alexandra K.

Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, v1 n3 p6-8,26 Fall 1982

This synopsis of the Committee on Ability Testing report (see ED 213 770 and ED 213 771) discusses recent controversy over testing limitations, test fairness, admissions testing, test disclosure, and test use in public schools to improve substandard performance. (CM)

Descriptors: Ability, Advisory Committees, Aptitude Tests, College Entrance Examinations, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, Minimum Competency Testing, Test Bias, Test Use, Test Validity, Testing Problems

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