F For Assessment
W. James Popham,
Apr 07, 2005
Blunt criticism of the standardized tests currently applied in U.S. schools: "in most instances these evaluations are inaccurate. That's because the standardized tests employed are flat-out wrong." Some of the tests, argue the author, are designed to elicit responses based on social profile rather than learning. "This kind of test tends to measure not what students have been taught in school but what they bring to school... they're unable to detect improved instruction in a school even when it has definitely taken place."
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