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Direct linkDee, Thomas S.; Domingue, Benjamin W. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2021
On the second day of a 2019 high-stakes English Language Arts assessment, Massachusetts 10th graders faced an essay question that was based on a passage from the novel "The Underground Railroad" and publicly characterized as racially insensitive. Though the state excluded the essay responses from student scores, an unresolved public…
Descriptors: High School Students, Grade 10, Language Arts, High Stakes Tests
