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Changing Statewide Reading Assessment: A Case Study of Michigan and Illinois

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Policy Perspectives on Educational Testing

Part of the book series: Evaluation in Education and Human Services ((EEHS,volume 32))

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The importance of large-scale testing has increased steadily in American schools during the past fifteen years. Testing influences policies affecting individuals, teachers, schools, districts, states, and our nation as a whole. The proliferation of testing at the state and national levels prompted Gregory R. Anrig, president of the Educational Testing Service, to remark, “There is an old army saying, ‘If it moves, salute it.’ Today some educational reformers believe, ‘If it moves, test it.’” (Fiske, 1988, 16).

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Peters, C.W., Wixson, K.K., Valencia, S.W., Pearson, P.D. (1993). Changing Statewide Reading Assessment: A Case Study of Michigan and Illinois. In: Gifford, B.R. (eds) Policy Perspectives on Educational Testing. Evaluation in Education and Human Services, vol 32. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2226-9_6

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