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6 big changes in standardized tests – including less focus on grading students and more on learning

  • Written by: Stephen Sireci, Professor of Psychometrics, University of Massachusetts Amherst
6 big changes in standardized tests – including less focus on grading students and more on learningToday's tests have more potential to facilitate student learning, rather than just monitor it.Paul Bersebach/Orange County Register via Getty Images

The standardized tests given to children in schools today are a lot different from those their parents might remember.

For example, students today might take a standardized test at home on a laptop or...

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