School-based Standard Testing

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  • Craig Bolon Planwright Systems Corporation, Brookline, MA (USA)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14507/epaa.v8n23.2000

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Accountability, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education, Political Influences, Standardized Tests, Student Evaluation, Testing Problems

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School-based standard testing continues to evolve, yet in some ways it remains surprisingly close to its roots in the first two decades of the twentieth century. After use for many years as a diagnostic and as a filter for access to education, in the closing years of the century it has been pressed into service for state-run political accountability programs. In this role, it is generating vehement controversy that recalls protests over intelligence testing in the early 1920s. This background article explores primary characteristics and issues in the development of school-based standard testing, reviews its typical lack of qualification for political accountability programs, and suggests remedies to address major problems. In general, the attitude toward new techniques of assessment is skeptical, in light of the side-effects and unexpected problems that developed during the evolution of current techniques.

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Biografia do Autor

Craig Bolon, Planwright Systems Corporation, Brookline, MA (USA)

Craig Bolon is President of Planwright Systems Corp., a software development firm located in Brookline, Massachusetts, USA. After several years in high energy physics research and then in biomedical instrument development at M.I.T., he has been an industrial software developer for the past twenty years. He is author of the textbook Mastering C (Sybex, 1986) and of several technical publications. He is an elected Town Meeting Member and has served as member and Chair of the Finance Committee in Brookline, Massachusetts.

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2000-05-12

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Bolon, C. (2000). School-based Standard Testing. Arquivos Analíticos De Políticas Educativas, 8, 23. https://doi.org/10.14507/epaa.v8n23.2000

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