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| Cognitive Processes | 1 |
| Computer Assisted Testing | 1 |
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| High Stakes Tests | 1 |
| Portfolio Assessment | 1 |
| Reading Achievement | 1 |
| Student Evaluation | 1 |
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| Journal of Research in Reading | 1 |
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| Harrison, Colin | 1 |
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Direct linkHarrison, Colin – Journal of Research in Reading, 2004
This paper reviews the concept of high-stakes assessment against a background of postmodernism, and argues that the inaccessibility of cognitive processes is only one part of the problem of reading assessment: even greater challenges are posed by a postmodern analysis, in which an incredulity toward metanarratives leads to a series of six…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Cognitive Processes, Reading Achievement, High Stakes Tests
