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A School District Perspective on Appropriate Test‐Preparation Practices: A Reaction to Popham's Proposals
Author(s) -
Kilian Lawrence J.
Publication year - 1992
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/j.1745-3992.1992.tb00256.x
Subject(s) - mandate , test (biology) , perspective (graphical) , construct validity , construct (python library) , set (abstract data type) , psychology , test validity , test preparation , medical education , mathematics education , political science , computer science , engineering , psychometrics , medicine , clinical psychology , law , biology , ecology , artificial intelligence , manufacturing engineering , programming language
Recent discussions of the appropriateness of various test‐preparation activities have focused on the responsibilities of the teacher. Do those who make and mandate tests used in high‐stakes situations bear any responsibility for the validity of the scores? Is it possible to construct a comprehensive set of guidelines to protect the validity of test scores?