Objections to External Testing--Fact or Fallacy?.

Ebel, Robert L.

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ERIC Number: EJ272543

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Publication Date: 1982-Nov

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Objections to External Testing--Fact or Fallacy?

Ebel, Robert L.

NASSP Bulletin, v66 n457 p3-10 Nov 1982

Examines and rejects nine reasons given by educators for opposing externally designed tests. Suggests a tenth, unvoiced reason that may be the most valid: that testing may reveal deficiencies in the school's educational program. (PGD)

Descriptors: Accountability, Criteria, Elementary Secondary Education, Opinions, Program Attitudes, Standardized Tests, Testing, Testing Problems, Validity

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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