Can Fantasies Become Facts?.

Cohen, S. Alan; Hyman, Joan S.

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ERIC Number: EJ423896

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Publication Date: 1991

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Can Fantasies Become Facts?

Cohen, S. Alan; Hyman, Joan S.

Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, v10 n1 p20-23 Spr 1991

This paper responds to an article that criticizes S. A. Cohen's position on the application of instructional alignment to teaching test wiseness. The value and ethics of using certain types of norm-referenced tests are criticized, based on data for the Missouri Mastery Achievement Test. (TJH)

Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Ethics, Mastery Tests, Norm Referenced Tests, Rote Learning, State Programs, Test Coaching, Test Use, Test Wiseness, Testing Problems, Testing Programs

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Language: English

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