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Peer reviewedShepard, Lorrie A. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1990
Results of a 1987 report indicating that elementary students of all states were above the national average are assessed. Issues addressed include teaching for standardized tests, the effect of teaching on national norms, and alternatives available to protect the integrity of instruction and the validity of normed test scores. (TJH)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, National Norms
