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Ligon, Glynn D. – New Directions for Testing and Measurement, 1983
Testing professionals need to work with teaching staff and parents to help students prepare for standardized testing. Year-long preparation involving teachers and parents is a better alternative than teaching test wiseness strategies at the last minute before a standardized test. (Author/PN)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Standardized Tests, Student Motivation, Test Coaching
Bond, Lloyd – New Directions for Testing and Measurement, 1981
Three important issues related to the testing debate, particularly in the context of college and professional school admissions, are reviewed and evaluated. (Author/AL)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Entrance Examinations, Equal Protection, Test Bias
Messick, Samuel – New Directions for Testing and Measurement, 1981
In an attempt to reinforce the directive role of evidence in current arguments over test coaching, this chapter summarizes research findings from studies of coaching for the Scholastic Aptitude Test in the context of a conceptual analysis of the meaning and likely import of the coachability of such ability tests. (Author/BW)
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Aptitude Tests, College Admission, College Entrance Examinations
