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As alluded to in the previous, a good test is one that suits its purpose and the students it is meant for. There may not be perfect match between a test and the kind of students to be tested; there need a reasonable close match, nevertheless. However, teachers may assess their students with tests which are beyond the levels of the students. This is out-of-level testing, a practice which has generated a lot of controversial discussion especially in the USA.
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Soh, K. (2016). On Above-Level Testing: What’s Right and Wrong with It?. In: Understanding Test and Exam Results Statistically. Springer Texts in Education. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-1581-6_17
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