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Download full textDuke, Debi, Ed. – Action for Better Schools, 1999
This theme issue reviews the advantages and disadvantages of testing. Both activists and researchers seem to agree that tests measure a limited range of skills and that test preparation alone does not improve teaching or learning. There is also substantial agreement among researchers and activists opposed to widespread test use that no single…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
