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A Framework for Assessment-Based Decisionmaking in Reading Education.
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Guthrie, John T.; Lissitz, Robert W. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1985
This reaction paper stresses the importance of matching the qualitatively different types of educational decisions with appropriate types of tests. Reading instruction is used to illustrate that while standardized tests are helpful for student classification and program accountability, they are hazardous to instructional process decisions which…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Assessment, Educational Improvement, Educational Testing