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Direct linkERIC Number: EJ361444
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
Pages: 10
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The Other Side of Assessment.
Hirsch, Peter M.
New Directions for Community Colleges, n59 p15-24 Fall 1987
Explores the relationship between mandates for educational excellence and more rigorous standards and the community college's role in providing access to educational opportunity for all students. Underscores the difference between accountability-based assessment and compliance-based testing. (DMM)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Community Colleges, Compliance (Legal), Educational Quality, Educational Testing, Equal Education, Student Evaluation, Student Placement, Testing Programs, Tests, Two Year College Students, Two Year Colleges
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Language: English
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