The Lake Wobegon Effect: A Skeleton in the Testing Closet?.

Phillips, Gary W.; Finn, Chester E., Jr.

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Publication Date: 1988

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The Lake Wobegon Effect: A Skeleton in the Testing Closet?

Phillips, Gary W.; Finn, Chester E., Jr.

Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, v7 n2 p10-12 Sum 1988

Officials of the United States Department of Education conclude that the pervasive "above average" achievement reported by J. J. Cannell (1988) results from a combination of testing practices and procedures among school testing programs. Causative factors of this paradox, dubbed the "Lake Wobegon Phenomenon," are discussed. (SLD)

Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Education, National Norms, National Surveys, Norm Referenced Tests, Scores, State Surveys, Test Results, Testing Problems

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