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Download full textPhelps, Richard P. – 2001
This document consists of 14 articles which appeared in the electronic news bulletin, "EducationNews.org," and which were part of a series on "Test Bashing," a discussion of the use of standardized tests that focuses on controversies surrounding the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills and test score improvements in Texas. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedCohen, S. Alan; Hyman, Joan S. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 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
Eads, Gerald M., II; And Others – 1986
The purpose of this research was to develop and test a method of identifying groups of students participating in a mandated statewide norm-referenced testing program who have undergone highly specific training in preparation for, or coaching during, test administration. The implementation of the analysis procedure was intended not only to identify…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Goodness of Fit, Grade 11, Grade 4
