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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 thisdeterioration
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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