Research Currents: What the Reading Tests Neglect.

Bussis, Anne M.; Chittenden, Edward A.

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ERIC Number: EJ347080

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Publication Date: 1987

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Research Currents: What the Reading Tests Neglect.

Bussis, Anne M.; Chittenden, Edward A.

Language Arts, v64 n3 p302-08 Mar 1987

Discusses two facets of the disparity between the way children learn and the way they are tested: the necessity of practice and the importance of prior knowledge. (FL)

Descriptors: Elementary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Language Acquisition, Language Arts, Learning Processes, Prior Learning, Reading Ability, Reading Processes, Reading Research, Reading Tests, Student Evaluation, Testing Problems

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Guides - Classroom - Teacher

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Language: English

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Note: Thematic Issue: Evaluation of Language and Learning.