Toward a New Science of Educational Testing and Assessment Pina M. Fratamico

Toward a New Science of Educational Testing and Assessment Pina M. FratamicoThe 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

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a subject that remains largely neglected in post-revolutionary Iranian research and analysis