Testing for Failure: Why Children Fail in School and Life.

Garcia, Ione|Garcia, Peter A.

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Publication Date: 1989

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Testing for Failure: Why Children Fail in School and Life.

Garcia, Ione; Garcia, Peter A.

Teacher Education Quarterly, v16 n4 p85-91 Fall 1989

Standardized examinations do not measure teacher competence because good teaching requires skills which cannot be measured accurately by standardized tests. Overreliance on standardized testing contributes to racial discrimination and exclusion of ethnic minorities from educational and professional opportunities. (IAH)

Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Minority Groups, Standardized Tests, Teacher Education Programs, Teaching Skills, Test Bias, Test Results, Test Use

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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