Understanding Achievement Tests: A Guide for School Administrators [Book Review].

Frisbie, David A.

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ERIC Number: EJ452342

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1992

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Understanding Achievement Tests: A Guide for School Administrators [Book Review].

Frisbie, David A.

Journal of Educational Measurement, v29 n3 p273-83 Fall 1992

This guide for school administrators is written to promote careful and wise use of scores from standardized achievement tests. Authors of two sections particularly criticized in the review respond about what should be included in a primer on testing and interpreting test scores for compensatory education students. (SLD)

Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Administrator Role, Compensatory Education, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Guides, School Administration, Scores, Standardized Tests, Test Interpretation, Test Use, Testing Problems

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Book/Product Reviews; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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Note: Reviews "Understanding Achievement Tests: A Guide for School Administrators," edited by L. M. Rudner, J. C. Conoley, and B. S. Plake (Washington, DC, American Institute for Research, 1989). Also contains "Reply to David Frisbie's Review of Understanding Achievement Tests," by L. M. Rudner and G. Echternacht.