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Publication Date: 2004-Oct
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On Tests, Small Changes Make a Big Difference
Wilson, Linda Dager
Teaching Children Mathematics, v11 n3 p134-137 Oct 2004
This article uses the work of two students to illustrate the need to consider changing the format of test items or making language adjustments to increase the validity of the test items as measures of the mathematics that students know.
Descriptors: Test Items, Test Construction, Test Validity, Mathematics Skills, Student Evaluation, Mathematics Education, Test Format, Case Studies
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