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ERIC Number: EJ613984
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0950-0790
Why National Curriculum Testing Is Founded on a Methodological Thought Disorder.
Morrison, Hugh G.; Wylie, E. Caroline
Evaluation and Research in Education, v13 n2 p92-105 1999
Makes a case that the architects of national testing posited a measuring scale in which consecutive levels were separated by 2 years of learning under the influence of the "thought disorder" described by J. Michell, who claimed that psychological measurement may be little more than numerical coding. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Measurement Techniques, National Competency Tests, Test Construction, Testing Problems
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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