Why the "Monkeys Passage" Bombed: Tests, Genres, and Teaching.

Peirce, Bonny Norton; Stein, Pippa

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Publication Date: 1995

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Why the "Monkeys Passage" Bombed: Tests, Genres, and Teaching.

Peirce, Bonny Norton; Stein, Pippa

Harvard Educational Review, v65 n1 p50-65 Spr 1995

A pilot of a reading test to be used in college entrance examinations for black South Africans showed how students' interpretation of the test differed as the social context was altered. The multiple meanings produced by shifting power relations call into question the test's validity. (SK)

Descriptors: Black Students, College Entrance Examinations, Cultural Context, Equal Education, Foreign Countries, Power Structure, Reading Tests, Test Validity, Testing Problems

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: South Africa

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