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Download full textKoretz, Daniel – American Educator, 2018
In "The Testing Charade: Pretending to Make Schools Better", the author's new book from which this article is drawn, the failures of test-based accountability are documented and some of the most egregious misuses and outright abuses of testing are described, along with some of the most serious negative effects. Neither good intentions…
Descriptors: Accountability, Testing, Testing Problems, Test Validity
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Direct linkLane, Suzanne; Zumbo, Bruno D.; Abedi, Jamal; Benson, Jeri; Dossey, John; Elliott, Stephen N.; Kane, Michael; Linn, Robert; Paredes-Ziker, Cindy; Rodriguez, Michael; Schraw, Gregg; Slattery, Jean; Thomas, Veronica; Willhoft, Joe – Applied Measurement in Education, 2009
Given the changing landscape of educational accountability at the local, state, and national levels, and the changes in the uses of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), including the evolving uses of NAEP as a policy tool to interpret state assessment and accountability systems, an explicit statement of the current and potential…
Descriptors: National Competency Tests, Academic Achievement, Accountability, Test Validity
Hayhoe, Mike – Highway One, 1985
Stresses the importance of devising accurate methods of evaluation rather than teaching material only because it can be easily evaluated. (DF)
Descriptors: Accountability, English Instruction, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
