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Direct linkKhan, Shana Sanam – Education and Urban Society, 2020
Standardized testing is an applauded system of testing due to the uniformity that it offers. The idea is that in standardized testing, because every student is being asked exactly the same question and each question has only one specific answer, standardized examinations are neutral, value free, and exonerated from the subjectivity that an…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Aptitude Tests, Bilingual Students, Minority Group Students
Greathouse, Dan; Shaughnessy, Michael F.; Gentry, Marcia; Peters, Scott – Gifted Education International, 2015
The Hope Scale is an 11-item teacher-rating instrument designed to help identify academic and social components of giftedness. It provides insights from teachers who work with students on a daily basis, which may differ from the type of information yielded through achievement and ability tests. The Hope Scale development was made possible by the…
Descriptors: Interviews, Reflection, Ability Identification, Talent Identification
Harris, Ruby C. – NHSA Dialog, 2007
In the late 1990s, a National Educational Goal was set in the United States that by the year 2000 all children should start school with the skills necessary for learning (Meisels, 1995 ) and assessment measures should be put in place to provide the screenings. Thus, readiness testing became widespread and kindergarten curricula shifted to more…
Descriptors: Motivation, School Readiness, Preschool Children, Kindergarten
