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ERIC Number: EJ450734
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0037-7724
A National Test or Testing System: Issues for the Social Studies Community.
Madaus, George F.; Kellaghan, Thomas
Social Education, v56 n2 p89-91 Feb 1992
Discusses plans for a national testing program and its possible effects on social studies. Expresses concern that the proposed plans avoid the issues of how and by whom curricular content is to be developed and how diversity will be accommodated. Includes discussion of the purposes, fairness, and problems inherent in the American Achievement Tests. (DK)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Rating, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives, Educational Principles, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Regulation, Government School Relationship, National Competency Tests, Social Studies, Student Evaluation, Testing Programs
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: America 2000; American Achievement Tests