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- GOP plays hardball to block national tests. Hoff, David J. // Education Week;10/15/97, Vol. 17 Issue 7, p24
Reports on House and Senate differences on testing and funding issues in the United States. Republicans' efforts to stop US President Bill Clinton's voluntary national test and reading initiative or literacy bill; National Assessment Governing Board's authority over the development of Clinton's...
- Liberal arts grads seek employability proof. // Techniques: Connecting Education & Careers;Feb2000, Vol. 75 Issue 2, p10
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The article reports on a test in functional skills that will be introduced by the British government for 12-year-old children. Children who will pass the test will be provided with a certificate proving that they have achieved the basic standards in literacy, numeracy and information technology.
- Uno, Dos, Windows! Springmeier, Curt L. // Cost Engineering;May2001, Vol. 43 Issue 5, p16
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- The Final Hurdle? Kenney, Ann Jason // School Library Journal;Mar2006, Vol. 52 Issue 3, p62
The article focuses on the importance of the Information and Communication Technology Literacy Assessment to the literacy rate in the U.S. The standardized test not only measures a student's knowledge of technology but also the seven proficiencies that make up a student's ability to use critical...
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Research on rater effects in language performance assessments has provided ample evidence for a considerable degree of variability among raters. Building on this research, I advance the hypothesis that experienced raters fall into types or classes that are clearly distinguishable from one...
