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[Physltest] [Phys-L] Re: California standards test in physics



Rick Tarara asks:

From: Richard Tarara [mailto:rbtarara@SPRYNET.COM]
Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 3:26 PM
To: PHYS-L@LISTS.NAU.EDU
Subject: Re: California standards test in physics

Didn't the SAT re normalize their scoring so as to mask this
deterioration
relative to the past?

Only partially the case. Once used primarily as a college-entrance
exam, the SAT is now used as a standardized test by myriad school
systems, whether the students are college bound or not. The population
has changed, so the scores don't mean what they once did.

Another example of testing for "accountability" instead of assessment.

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