Difference between revisions of "Standardized tests"
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'''Standardized tests''' distinguish between students who are ready for advanced courses and those who need more help first. | '''Standardized tests''' distinguish between students who are ready for advanced courses and those who need more help first. | ||
| + | Student testing has a "positive effect" on student achievement.<ref> | ||
| + | 93% of studies have found student testing, including the use of large-scale and high-stakes standardized tests, to have a "positive effect" on student achievement, according to a peer-reviewed, 100-year analysis of testing research completed in 2011 by testing scholar Richard P. Phelps. [http://standardizedtests.procon.org/]</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 14:11, April 19, 2013
Standardized tests distinguish between students who are ready for advanced courses and those who need more help first. Student testing has a "positive effect" on student achievement.[1]