The Conundrum of Large Scale Standardized Testing: Making Sure Every Student Counts

Standardization of testing refers to the "structuring [of] test materials, administration procedures, scoring methods, and procedures for interpreting results... this helps to ensure accuracy and consistency in measuring progress, determining levels of performance, and comparing performance to...

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Published in:Journal of thought 2009-04, Vol.44 (1-2), p.77-90
Main Authors: Harkins, Mary Jane, Singer, Sonya
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Achievement tests
Conundrums
Curricula
Decision-making
Disabled students
Education reform
Educational Research
English teacher education
Grade 12
Language arts
Multiculturalism
Outcomes of education
Shopping carts
Special needs students
Standardized tests
Teachers
Writing
Writing instruction
Writing tests
Written communication
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Summary:Standardization of testing refers to the "structuring [of] test materials, administration procedures, scoring methods, and procedures for interpreting results... this helps to ensure accuracy and consistency in measuring progress, determining levels of performance, and comparing performance to others" (Venn, 2004, p. 109). "If we consider that all of us are diminished by a school system and an educational process that does not 'honour the history, culture, social realities, abilities, and diversity of each of us' (Lewis, 1993, p. 194), then we must begin to envision how our differences can function as a rallying point for change, rather than as the 'normalizing categories' (Butler, 1991, p. 308) that fling and confine students to the margins" (Singer, 1997, p. 127).
ISSN:0022-5231
0022-5231
2375-270X
DOI:10.2307/jthought.44.1-2.77