Testing Reading: We Need a New Perspective.

Harker, W. John

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ERIC Number: EJ411583

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Publication Date: 1990

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Testing Reading: We Need a New Perspective.

Harker, W. John

Reading Horizons, v30 n4 p309-19 Sum 1990

Discusses several problems associated with standardized testing. Proposes possible solutions to these problems, and calls for a new perspective on testing which utilizes informal tests and teacher observations of reading behavior. (MM)

Descriptors: Elementary Education, Informal Assessment, Reading Instruction, Reading Tests, Standardized Tests, Student Evaluation, Teacher Role, Testing Problems

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Language: English

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