Current Testing in Africa: Selection or Measure of Real Performance?.

Quansah, Kofi B.

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ERIC Number: EJ324511

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Publication Date: 1985

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Current Testing in Africa: Selection or Measure of Real Performance?

Quansah, Kofi B.

Prospects: Quarterly Review of Education, v15 n2 p281-88 1985

In many African countries tests used as a selection examination for entrance to secondary and higher levels of education do not have content validity. The practices and problems of test development in Africa are discussed. The advantages of domain-referenced tests are examined. (RM)

Descriptors: Comparative Education, Developing Nations, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Test Construction, Test Format, Test Validity, Testing, Testing Problems

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Africa

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