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ERIC Number: EJ284874
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1983
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Testing and Instruction: Links and Distinctions.
Linn, Robert L.
Journal of Educational Measurement, v20 n2 p179-89 Sum 1983
Four considerations that enhance the instructional importance of tests are content match, use of feedback, a flagging function, and the increasing tendency to attach sanctions and rewards to standardized test results. These sanctions are apt to force greater attention to the other three characteristics, strengthening the links between instruction and testing. (Author/CM)
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Language: English
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