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Peer reviewedHanna, Gerald S. – Clearing House, 1989
Reviews research on whether students should change answers or let first answers stand on objective tests. Finds that the odds are over two to one that a student's score will be raised, rather than lowered, if he or she changes answers. Offers three suggestions for improving students' test-taking strategies. (SR)
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Objective Tests, Secondary Education, Test Wiseness
Download full textButler, Erik Payne; Bailis, Lawrence Neil – 1989
The roles of assessment and testing within public employment and training programs supported by the Job Training Partnership Act of 1982 (JTPA) were examined through a review of the literature and two surveys of the JTPA system. In 1987, the Center for Remediation Design and the Center for Human Resources (CHS) at Brandeis University in Waltham…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Basic Skills, Disadvantaged, Educational Assessment
