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ERIC Number: EJ180084
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1978
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The Quality of Standardized High School Mathematics Tests
Petrosko, Joseph M.
Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 9, 2, 137-48, Mar 78
Trained raters analyzed the educational and psychometric quality of standardized mathematics tests for high school students in the United States. Results showed many tests to be weak in common types of validity and reliability. General mathematics tests had, as a rule, higher ratings than applied mathematics, algebra, or geometry tests. (Author/MN)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Mathematics Education, Predictive Validity, Secondary Education, Secondary School Mathematics, Standardized Tests, Test Reliability, Test Validity, Testing, Tests
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