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ERIC Number: EJ446661
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
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ISSN: ISSN-0895-7347
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Teaching Licensing and the New Assessment Methodologies.
Millman, Jason
Applied Measurement in Education, v4 n4 p363-70 1991
Alternatives to multiple-choice tests for teacher licensing examinations are described, and their advantages are cited. Concerns are expressed in the areas of cost and practicality, reliability, corruptibility, and validity. A suggestion for reducing costs using multiple-choice responses calibrated to constructed-response tasks is proposed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Constructed Response, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Assessment, Higher Education, Licensing Examinations (Professions), Multiple Choice Tests, Performance Based Assessment, Teacher Certification, Test Construction, Test Reliability, Test Validity
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Note: Special issue with title "Performance Assessment."