What Every Mathematician Should Know about Standards-Based Tests
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This article examines serious psychometric-based problems that caused the New York Math A graduation test introduced in 1999 to produce a 70% failure rate in 2003. In discussing this test, we highlight potential difficulties with all standards-based tests.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The American Mathematical Monthly
دوره 118 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2011