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PDF pending restorationWood, Eric F. – 1986
This paper examines some of the implications of present testing programs for minority groups. The effects on prospective teachers and the institutions that prepare them are discussed. The role of the testing movement in molding the curriculum that is taught in colleges of education is described with particular consideration of state-mandated…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Black Colleges, Certification, Higher Education
Ebel, Robert L. – NCME Measurement in Education, 1976
There is currently a conflict between educational accountability and the distrust of standardized testing. Concern for the quality of education is based on evidence of students' academic dificiencies, the decline in test scores, and increasing education costs and school taxes. As a result of criticism, states have mandated, or are considering,…
Descriptors: Accountability, Achievement Tests, Certification, Curriculum
