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Standardized Testing in College Admissions: Observations and Reflections
Author(s) -
Cai Li
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
educational measurement: issues and practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.158
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1745-3992
pISSN - 0731-1745
DOI - 10.1111/emip.12389
Subject(s) - standardized test , covid-19 , task force , task (project management) , field (mathematics) , educational testing , pandemic , medical education , mathematics education , psychology , political science , medicine , public administration , management , economics , mathematics , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , pure mathematics
Reflecting upon the experience serving on the University of California's Standardized Testing Task Force, and drawing lessons learned, I argue that the COVID‐19 pandemic has merely served to accelerate the trend of US higher education institutions moving away from current standardized tests. New educational assessments will continue to be produced. There will be strong calls for the making of completely different assessments than currently available. Educational measurement as field has much to offer and to learn.