Toward a New Science of Educational Testing and Assessment

Toward a New Science of Educational Testing and AssessmentThe authors of this book question the assumptions of the psychometric paradigm that underlie virtually all criterion referenced and standardized tests used in North American schools. They make a compelling case for a new science of educational testing and assessment, one that shifts decision making from central administration to individual schools and communities. Harold Berlak argues that the concept of tests as scientific instruments validated by

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The Argument of the "Tractatus" is an excellent introduction to the field of twentieth-century analytical philosophy

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This edition of Christopher Morley’s The Haunted Bookshop is a classic of American literature reimagined for modern readers

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