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ERIC Number: EJ323614
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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Why Testing Reforms Are So Popular and How They Are Changing Education.
Salganik, Laura Hersh
Phi Delta Kappan, v66 n9 p607-10 May 1985
Examines the reasons for test-centered educational reform and suggests that this has lead to decreased reliance on professional judgment and increased state regulations. Predicts that the operation of the schools as organizations will continue to be affected by the increased reliance on technical evidence. (MLF)
Descriptors: Accountability, Centralization, Cognitive Style, Competency Based Education, Educational Change, Educational Quality, Minimum Competency Testing, Politics of Education, Secondary Education, Standardized Tests, Tests
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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