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My Child Doesn't Test Well. Carnegie Perspectives [electronic resource] / Lloyd Bond.

The writer examines a variety of reasons why test performance may not always be a valid measure of a person's competence or potential. Citing that a sizable percentage of students perform well in their schoolwork but poorly on standardized, multiple-choice tests, Bond defines and discusses four...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author: Bond, Lloyd
Corporate Author: Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 2007.
Subjects:
Test Bias.
Test Anxiety.
Standardized Tests.
Multiple Choice Tests.
Scores.
Recall (Psychology)

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