Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ456626
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1992
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What Happened to Test Scores, and Why?
Koretz, Daniel
Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, v11 n4 p7-11 Win 1992
The documented decline in test scores of the 1960s and 1970s and the unclear picture since then result from educational and noneducational factors. Aspects of the misuse of test scores are (1) simplistic interpretation of performance trends; (2) unsupported evaluations of schooling; and (3) a reductionist view of education. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Assessment, Educational History, Educational Quality, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education, Etiology, Evaluation Methods, Performance, Scores, Student Evaluation, Test Interpretation, Test Score Decline, Test Use, Testing Problems, Trend Analysis
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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