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Language in Education: Testing the Tests.

Oller, John W., Jr.; Perkins, Kyle – 1978

This book addresses the question of what tests are measures of. Intelligence, achievement, and personality tests not based on empirical investigation have questionable validity. Some researchers now suspect that almost all tests given to students in all subjects, as well as general tests of intelligence and personality, are essentially language…

Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Cloze Procedure