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Mon Sep 13

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

Today'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.

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