Some Limits of Assessment.

MacGinitie, Walter H.

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ERIC Number: EJ460959

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1993

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Some Limits of Assessment.

MacGinitie, Walter H.

Journal of Reading, v36 n7 p556-60 Apr 1993

Describes and discusses the biases inherent in human judgment and the difficulty of assessing the many facets of reading. Maintains that educators should be more tentative in the decisions they make based on assessment. (SR)

Descriptors: Bias, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Problems, Higher Education, Reading Diagnosis, Student Evaluation, Teacher Attitudes, Test Use

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Note: Themed issue on literacy assessment.