Are Tests Accurate?

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	What Parents Should Know About Test Types
	Helping Your Child Perform Well on Tests
	Test Taking
	What Parents Should Know About Test Accuracy and Use
	Issues in Testing Very Young Children
	Testing Students with Learning Disabilities
	Using Student Tests to Measure Teacher Quality
	Making Sense of Test Scores

Are Tests Accurate?

Description
This brief PowerPoint presentation shares key points about test accuracy. Presents two different categories of tests—teacher-made tests and publisher-made tests—from the perspective of accuracy. While many tests may claim a high degree of accuracy, it is widely recognized that there are many complex factors that can affect how accurately any single test is able to measure what students have learned. All tests are fallible to some degree, so judgments or classifications based on them should be made with care. An important decision should not be based on a single test result—no matter how accurate that test is.

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Can stand-alone or serve as nice introduction or follow-up to some more interactive piece.