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The common critiques of highstakes testing include a significant reduction in. Defending standardized testing 1st edition, kindle edition by richard phelps editor isbn. The effect of testing on student achievement, 19102010 eric. Free pdf defending standardized testingfrom psychology press. Defending standardized testing ebook written by richard phelps. Request pdf defending standardized testing the education reform movement of the past two decades has. Everyone invested in the success of american education, from parents to policymakers, are affected by or concerned about educational testing.
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Test frequency, stakes associated with educational tests, and feedback from test results have been identified in the research literature as relevant factors in student achievement. The education reform movement of the past two decades has focused on raising academic standards. Phelps points out that much research conducted by education insiders on the topic is based on ideological preference or profound selfinterest. As more and more test users learn how to use the technology they simultaneously become better informed citizens not only about a technology but about public policies related to testing. The role and importance of standardized testing in the world of. Richard phelps describes the defenders, the critics, and the con. International journal of testing, v12 n1 p2143 2012 this article summarizes research on the effect of testing on student achievement as found in englishlanguage sources, comprising several hundred studies conducted between 1910 and 2010. Download this paper open pdf in browser add paper to my library. Characteristics of an effective student testing system by. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. A standardized testis one that uses uniform procedures for administration and scoring in order to assure that. Standardized testing has been called the greatest single social contribution of modern psychology, and it may be the most useful evaluation method available for human resourceintensive endeavors. Phelps is founder of the nonpartisan education group and editor of. Paper the big test, nicholas lemann, farrar, straus and giroux, 1999.
Schutt continues to make the field come alive with current, compe. The demand for standardized student testing, richard phelps, educational measurement. Kill the messenger is perhaps the most thorough and authoritative work in defense of educational testing ever written. Phelps has devoted most of his working life to the world of education. The standardized testing primer provides nonspecialists with a thorough overview of this controversial and complicated topic.
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This article summarizes research on the effect of testing on student achievement as found in englishlanguage sources, comprising several hundred studies conducted between 1910 and 2010. The effect of testing on student achievement, 19102010. In a standardized test, if a given answer is correct for one student, it is correct for all students. A test may be administered verbally, on paper, on a computer, or in a predetermined area that requires a test taker to demonstrate or perform a set of skills. Standardized testing has been called the greatest single social contribution.
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One debacle to overcome, david gilman, journal of educational relations, 3rd. The role and importance of standardized testing in the world. Alfie kohn 2000 argues that standardized exams hinder good instruction practices and are inherently biased in their assessment of students achievement, while richard phelps 2003 argues that standardized exams provide an invaluable form of accountability and are a. Making sense of the social world ebook by daniel f. External education expert on standardized testing for the learning scientists. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. The paperback of the standardized testing primer by richard p. Many teachers commented on how standardized testing impacts their. International journal of testing, v12 n1 p2143 2012. A common misconception equates the term standardized test only with those tests that use multiplechoice items and machinereadable bubble answer sheets.
The rich, robust research literature on testings achievement benefits, in richard p. This book provides a balanced approach to understanding the role of testing in general and standardized testing in particular. Defending standardized testing minimizes the use of technical jargon so as to appeal to all who have a stake. It eschews the statistical details of scaling, scoring, and measurement that are widely available in textbooks and at testing organization web sites, and instead describes standardized testing s social and political roles and its practical uses. Mar 31, 2005 defending standardized testing by richard phelps, 9780805849110, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Standardized testing is a subject that many people feel strongly about. The ultimate purpose of a standardized test is, as the name implies, standardization. Defending standardized testing by richard phelps books on. Chambliss, winner of the asa distinguished contribution to teaching prize for 2018.
Test frequency, stakes, and feedback in student achievement. Nov 24, 2014 characteristics of an effective student testing system, educational horizons, 851, 1929. Highstakes testing is defined as tests to which positive or negative consequences are attacked phelps, 2005. It eschews the statistical details of scaling, scoring, and measurement that are widely available in textbooks and at testing organization web sites, and instead describes standardized testings social and political roles and its practical uses, who tests, when, where. Download an updated pdf that lists all of the confucius. Educational horizons, v85 n1 p1929 fall 2006 the u. Phelps kill the messenger is perhaps the most thorough and authoritative work in defense of educational testing ever written. The war on standardized testing 1 preface from richard phelps kill the messenger. What is important to standardized testing is whether all students are asked equivalent questions, under equivalent circumstances, and graded equally. Characteristics of an effective student testing system, educational horizons, 851, 1929. Read making sense of the social world methods of investigation by daniel f.
It eschews the statistical details of scaling, scoring, and measurement that are widely available in textbooks and at testing organization web sites, and instead describes standardized testings social and political roles and its practical uses. A primer highlights a test is an objective and standardized method for estimating behavior, based on a sample of that behavior. Either of these systems can be used in standardized testing. Standardized testing can be composed of multiplechoice questions, truefalse questions, essay questions, authentic assessments, or nearly any other form of assessment multiplechoice and truefalse items are often chosen because they can be given and scored inexpensively, quickly, and reliably through using special answer sheets that can be read by a computer or via computeradaptive tes. Nov 08, 2015 thus, tests with written, oral, or otherwise constructed instructions or responses can be standardized. It eschews the statistical details of scaling, scoring, and measurement that are widely available in textbooks and at testing organization web sites, and instead describes standardized testing s social and political roles and its practical uses, who tests, when, where.
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