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What English Educators Have To Say to Assessment Specialists.
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Smagorinsky, Peter – 2000
This paper discusses the hazards of using standardized assessment in English/language arts. Using standardized tests to measure student competency with language is problematic because of inattention to what counts as appropriate language usage. Standardized tests reify textbook language usage only and do not distinguish between correct and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction, English Teachers, Evaluation Methods