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ERIC Number: EJ182961
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1978
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Assessment Myths and Current Fads: A Rejoinder to a Position Paper on Nonbiased Assessment
Tolor, Alexander
Psychology in the Schools, 15, 2, 205-9, Apr 78
The position paper on unbiased assessment of culturally different children provided impetus for describing fallacies: that child advocacy necessitates renunciation of standardized assessments, that diagnoses are either harmful or useless, that use of norms is detrimental, that standardized tests are devoid of value, and that multidisciplinary assessment is most efficacious. (Author)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Cultural Differences, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Personality Assessment, Standardized Tests, State of the Art Reviews
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