On Further Examination of "On Further Examination." Quick Reference: Testing/SAT.

Institution	National Education Association, Washington, DC.
Titel	On Further Examination of "On Further Examination." Quick Reference: Testing/SAT.
Quelle	(1977), (32 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Achievement Tests; College Bound Students; College Entrance Examinations; Educational Problems; Educational Trends; Performance Factors; Predictive Measurement; Scores; Secondary Education; Teacher Associations; Teacher Attitudes; Test Bias; Test Reliability; Test Validity; Testing Problems; SAT (College Admission Test) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Achievement test; Achievement; Testing; Test; Tests; Leistungsbeurteilung; Leistungsüberprüfung; Leistung; Testdurchführung; Testen; Aufnahmeprüfung; Bildungsentwicklung; Leistungsindikator; Sekundarbereich; Lehrerorganisation; Lehrerverband; Lehrervereinigung; Lehrerverhalten; Testkritik; Testreliabilität; Testvalidität
Abstract	Discussions of any test must focus on reliability, content validity, and interpretation of results. In this critique of On Further Examination--the report of the Advisory Panel on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) Score Decline--the National Education Association (NEA) finds no fault with the reliability of the SAT. Its content validity, however, is suspect. The NEA maintains that the SAT is really an achievement test, and questions its relevance to high school curricula. The SAT is constructed primarily by psychometricians and psychologists who may not be sufficiently familiar with secondary curricula to develop a test with content validity. The College Entrance Examination Board Achievement Tests, which draw heavily on the expertise of teachers for content, do not parallel the SAT score decline. The Panel is criticized for dismissing the issue of SAT bias by noting that racial differences occur on most standardized tests. Questions are raised about the desirability of an unchanging standard and about what a predictive test should measure. From the teachers' perspective, the SAT score decline raises important issues concerning: the quality of instruction, innovative teaching methods, the back-to-basics movement, literacy, automatic promotion, exit examinations at the end of high school, reduction in homework, individual differences in learning and maturation, standardized teacher examinations, and teacher organizations. (EVH)
Anmerkungen	Instruction and Professional Development Information Center, National Education Association, 1201 16th Street N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036 ($0.50)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC