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ERIC Number: EJ546768
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-1066-5684
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Equity and High Stakes Testing: Implications for Computerized Testing.
Sutton, Rosemary E.
Equity & Excellence in Education, v30 n1 p5-15 Apr 1997
Considers equity issues of highstakes tests conducted by computer, including whether this new form of assessment actually helps level the playing field for students or represents a new cycle of assessment inequality. Two computer tests are assessed: Praxis I: Academic Skills Assessment; and the computerized version of the Graduate Record Examination. (GR)
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Educational Assessment, Educational Testing, High Stakes Tests, Secondary Education, Student Evaluation, Test Bias
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Graduate Record Examinations; Praxis Series
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