Abstract
Making sense of school testing programs nowadays is difficult for a variety of reasons. One aspect of testing in the nation’s schools nevertheless seems clear—the sheer volume of standardized testing is increasing. As Chris Popho wrote in 1985:
Testing is on the increase! Business for commercial test publishers is up and new companies are eyeing the market, ready to jump into a business that looks like it is firmly standing on the up escalator. Nearly every large education reform effort of the past few years has either mandated a new form of testing or expanded uses of existing testing. (Pipho 1985,19)
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Haney, W.M. (1989). Making Sense of School Testing. In: Gifford, B.R. (eds) Test Policy and Test Performance: Education, Language, and Culture. Evaluation in Education and Human Services, vol 23. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2500-7_3
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