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Beckum, Leonard C. – New Directions for Testing and Measurement, 1983
Much of the debate on testing over the last two decades has centered on issues of equity. In this review of testing and the minority child, the ways in which schools can test and use test results to help all children learn are explained. (Author)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Intelligence Tests, Minimum Competency Testing, Minority Group Children
Womer, Frank B. – New Directions for Testing and Measurement, 1981
This review of the background and current status of state level activities in testing documents the shift in locus of educational control from local school districts to state agencies, the key dimensions characterizing such programs, factors influencing their implementation and their possible impact. (Author/AEF)
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Minimum Competency Testing, Standardized Tests
Download full textSchrader, William B., Ed. – New Directions for Testing and Measurement, 1979
This conference was organized around four policy concerns: (1) the needs of handicapped, gifted, and bilingual students; (2) the use of test results to allocate federal compensatory education funds; (3) the validity of minimum competency testing; and (4) the demand for increasingly sophisticated evaluations. Garry L. McDaniels discussed the…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Accountability, Bilingual Students, Compensatory Education
