A Better Way to Test.

Neill, Monty

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ERIC Number: EJ470506

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Publication Date: 1993

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A Better Way to Test.

Neill, Monty

Executive Educator, v15 n9 p24-27 Sep 1993

The tide is slowly turning against prevailing forms of student assessment. The Primary Language Record, a whole-language-based system that assesses elementary students' literacy skills, assumes that all children can learn and that diversity and multilingualism are valuable assets. A sidebar details FairTest's criticisms of standardized testing. (MLH)

Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Standardized Tests, Student Evaluation, Test Bias, Whole Language Approach

Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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