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Download full textMiyasaka, Jeanne R. – 2000
This paper discusses the validity of test preparation practices in the context of large-scale norm-referenced and criterion-referenced tests. It presents a framework for conceptualizing the various aspects of test preparation that includes the basic premises underlying the validity of the practices. Five areas of test preparation are outlined: (1)…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Curriculum, Ethics, Models
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Direct linkKoretz, Daniel – Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, 2005
No one can dispute that tests should measure important content, and for many (but not all) purposes, tests should be aligned with curricular goals. Thus in many cases, alignment is clearly better than the alternative, and nothing that follows here argues otherwise. Unfortunately, however, this does not imply that alignment is sufficient protection…
Descriptors: Test Use, High Stakes Tests, Accountability, Scoring
