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Using Tests to Improve Learning.

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Ebel, Robert L. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1979

A defense of testing is given. The author examines opposition to and criticism of testing, and discusses teaching to the test, effects on curricula, and test bias. (MK)

Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Curriculum, Educational Assessment, Evaluation

A Closer Look at Standardized Tests.

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Freeman, Donald J.; And Others – Arithmetic Teacher, 1982

The purpose is to assist teachers in determining parallels between the content of mathematics instruction which they provide and the content tested by the four most widely used standardized tests of elementary mathematics. Striking differences in content covered by the tests are noted. (MP)

Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Evaluation