Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ432068
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
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Raising Standardized Achievement Test Scores and the Origins of Test Score Pollution.
Haladyna, Thomas M.; And Others
Educational Researcher, v20 n5 p2-7 Jun-Jul 1991
Because of the importance of standardized test scores in current definitions of educational achievement, pressure to raise test scores has affected their accuracy. Examines the causes of two major sources of test score pollution and their impact on education. Discusses the ethical status of documented test-preparation activities. (CJS)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Classroom Techniques, Criterion Referenced Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethics, Evaluation Research, Instructional Effectiveness, Standardized Tests, Test Coaching, Test Interpretation, Test Norms, Test Reliability, Test Validity, Test Wiseness, Testing, Testing Problems
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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