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Science 1 December 1995:
Vol. 270. no. 5241, pp. 1446 - 1448
DOI: 10.1126/science.270.5241.1446
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Policy Forum

Iris C. Rotberg

In recent years, expectations about what can be learned from testing students have become increasingly unrealistic. This paper discusses a set of myths that surround standardized testing. It concludes that test score comparisons are highly misleading indicators of the quality of education and are irrelevant to decisions about the wisdom of any particular school reform.

The author is at 7211 Brickyard Road, Potomac, MD 20854, USA.


THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES:
Position Statement.
M. L. Simner (2000)
Canadian Journal of School Psychology 16, 1-14
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