On Thu, 24 May 2001 17:30:35 -0400, Rich Ulrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Standardized tests and their problems? Here was a
> problem with equating the scores between years.
>
> The NY Times had a long front-page article on Monday, May 21:
> "When a test fails the schools, careers and reputations suffer."
> It was about a minor screw-up in standardizing, in 1999. Or, since
I don't see the Sunday NY Times. But there were letters on
Thursday, May 24, concerning a story on May 20, which
was concerned with scoring errors ....
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Rich Ulrich, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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