My Child Doesn’t Test Well

Posted by: CarnegieConversations (64.142.34.254)
Date: 6/4/2007

Lloyd Bond is one of the world's most respected experts on educational measurement and testing. He has published widely on research issues in psychometrics, and is called upon to advise many test developers; however, he is also one of the most persistent and incisive critics of the testing movement. In the world of educational testing, Lloyd Bond is unquestionably a "critical friend."

In this month's Perspectives, "My Child Doesn't Test Well," Bond examines a variety of reasons why test performance may not be a valid measure of a person's competence or potential. Although the standardized test is one of the most important inventions of the past century, it remains a special setting, fundamentally different from those contexts in which we confront the challenges of the world. At times, it provides an uncannily accurate portrait of individual and group capacities. At other times, tests may distort and deceive. Lloyd Bond helps us think about why.

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	Subject			Written By			Posted
	My Child Doesn’t Test Well			CarnegieConversations			6/4/2007
	· Testing			Rick Needham			6/4/2007
	· Re: Testing			Lloyd Bond			6/5/2007
	· testing and authentic assessments			Jane Saunders			6/5/2007
	· What we're testing			Ron Foster			6/22/2007
	· bias and alignment			Bryan Bradley			6/5/2007
	· bias and alignment			Lloyd Bond			6/5/2007
	· purpose for testing			tom abeles			6/5/2007
	· purpose of testing			Lloyd Bond			6/5/2007
	· Re: My Child Doesn’t Test Well			Kathie Marshall			6/6/2007
	· Re: My Child Doesn’t Test Well			Lloyd Bond			6/6/2007
	· Doesn't Test Well			Judy Greene			6/6/2007
	· "My Child Doesn't Test Well"			Linda Mims			6/7/2007
	· Taking a test			Matt Fridley			6/18/2007
	· Taking a test			Lloyd Bond			6/18/2007
	· Re: Taking a test			Matt Fridley			6/19/2007
	· purposeful testing			Diane Epling			6/22/2007
	· Testing			Mike McDaniel			6/22/2007
	· impact of 'poor testing' on the student			Cynthia Goldberg			6/22/2007
	· Testing Insanity Prevents Learning			Joseph Lucido			6/23/2007
	· Caring to Pass the Test			John Clarke			6/25/2007
	· Re: impact of ~SINGLE~poor testing~SINGLE~ on the student			Sue D			8/30/2007
	· My Child Doesn't Test Well			Bill Stone			6/27/2007
	· Scientific			matt fridley			6/29/2007
	· Re: Scientific			louanne calvin			6/30/2007
	· Testing is boring			Gladys Acosta			6/28/2007
	· Re: My Child Doesn~SINGLE~t Test Well			Gladys Acosta			6/29/2007
	· Re: My Child Doesn’t Test Well			Carmen Davis			6/29/2007
	· Re: My Child Doesn’t Test Well			lou calvin			6/30/2007
	· (Test) anxiety			Hugo Kerr			7/4/2007
	· Testing			Mandi Heller			7/20/2007
	· Automaticity			Anita Landoll			8/10/2007
	· Re: My Child Doesn’t Test Well			N Fine			8/13/2007
	· right brain student & test			Eve Barry			9/3/2007
	· Testing for entrance into majors			Kathryn Burns			9/12/2007
	· Testing for entrance into majors			Lloyd Bond			9/16/2007
	· Board Exam			Arthur Petersen			2/12/2008
	· Board Exam			Lloyd Bond			2/19/2008
	· Testing			Andrew Poh			2/23/2008
	· Poor test taker/High Achiever			Sara Johnson			5/22/2008
	· Testing			Kerstin Rios			10/22/2008