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ERIC ED324349: Testing. ETS Policy Notes, Volume 2, Number 3.
by ERIC
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Three articles on current research in testing are
presented. The first article, "Testing in the Schools",
discusses the role of testing in educational reform. In
the 1980s, the overwhelming purpose of state standardized
testing has become promoting accountability in areas of:
(1) monitoring; (2) gatekeeping; (3) remediation; and (4)
funds distribution. Educational policy makers need to
find some way to evaluate the tests. Some guideposts for
evaluating testing are suggested: making sure that
instructional outcomes and learning outcomes guide the
testing; determining how a test protects against bias in
race, gender, or ethnicity; making sure that appropriate
techniques are used; and making testing for
accountability less obtrusive. The second article,
"Constructed Response Testing: Some Development Efforts",
examines two approaches focusing on student-developed
solutions to questions that can be economically scored.
The first approach involves the use of an answer grid to
record answers to mathematical questions, and the second
approach involves the use of figural response items for
science testing. The third article, "Assessing
Performance", describes some of the work conducted at the
Educational Testing Service (ETS) and in Connecticut in
the area of student performance assessment. The "Learning
by Doing" project of the National Assessment of
Educational Progress is described. Also discussed are: a
writing portfolio study; the Arts PROPEL program in
Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania); and Connecticut's Common Core
of Learning Assessment Project. Four figures illustrate
the discussions. (SLD)
Date Published: 2014-11-20 19:38:11
Identifier: ERIC_ED324349
Item Size: 19042284
Language: english
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