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Toward a New Science of Educational Testing and Assessment

Harold BerlakFred M. NewmannElizabeth AdamsDoug A. ArchbaldTyrell BurgessJohn Raven

出版	State University of New York Press, 1992-02-06
主題	Education / General
ISBN	07914964739780791496473
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=PDDQsX59SNYC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋

The 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 technical experts is anachronistic and self-contradictory. He makes a case for a contextual paradigm, an approach which assumes that consensus on educational goals and national testing programs is neither possible nor desireable. Assessment practices in a democratic society must acknowledge and affirm differences in values, beliefs, and material interests among individuals and groups over the purposes and practices of schooling.