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Lennon, Roger T. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1982
Continuing attention to test theory, test development, test interpretation and use, test monitoring and control, test consumer education, and the social and political consequences of testing is suggested as the primary concern of the National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME). (CM)
Descriptors: Consumer Education, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, Measurement Objectives
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Tittle, Carol Kehr – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1989
An expanded framework for validating tests is needed to include the perspectives of teachers and students as well as of test makers and scientists. The development of educational assessments must take place within an understanding of how tests are used in context. (SLD)
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Utilization, Learning Processes
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Tittle, Carol Kehr; And Others – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1993
Major changes in educational and psychological theories that have come about since the cognitive and affective taxonomies of educational objectives were published in 1956 and 1964 are traced. The changes emphasize the need to understand thinking in the context of students' beliefs and self-directed cognitions. (SLD)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Affective Behavior, Classification, Classroom Research