Why Testing Reforms Are So Popular and How They Are Changing Education.

Salganik, Laura Hersh

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ERIC Number: EJ323614

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Publication Date: 1985

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Why Testing Reforms Are So Popular and How They Are Changing Education.

Salganik, Laura Hersh

Phi Delta Kappan, v66 n9 p607-10 May 1985

Examines the reasons for test-centered educational reform and suggests that this has lead to decreased reliance on professional judgment and increased state regulations. Predicts that the operation of the schools as organizations will continue to be affected by the increased reliance on technical evidence. (MLF)

Descriptors: Accountability, Centralization, Cognitive Style, Competency Based Education, Educational Change, Educational Quality, Minimum Competency Testing, Politics of Education, Secondary Education, Standardized Tests, Tests

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Audience: Practitioners

Language: English

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