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Standardized testing in the United States has been increasing at a
rapid pace in the last twenty-five years. The market for tests has
not only been expanding rapidly, but has also been changing sharply
in structure into a fractured marketplace. Indeed, one of the main
features of this book is that the market for standardized testing
is highly fractured - with segments of the market facing monopoly
conditions, others facing oligopoly conditions and still others
where near free-market conditions exist. One of the main premises
of the book is that the structures of markets have strong
implications for how those markets perform. While this notion is
widely accepted among economists, it is not widely appreciated in
educational research. A second motivation for the book is that very
little scholarly attention has been focused on the standardized
testing industry. This topic - the structure of the testing
industry and implications for the quality of tests and test use -
affects how we evaluate the learning of students, the effectiveness
of teaching, the quality of schools and the educational health of
the nation. Of particular concern to the authors is one vital
aspect of test quality: test validity. This book is the most
current and authoritative review and analysis of the market for
standardized testing.
Standardized testing in the United States has been increasing at a
rapid pace in the last twenty-five years. The market for tests has
not only been expanding rapidly, but has also been changing sharply
in structure into a fractured marketplace. Indeed, one of the main
features of this book is that the market for standardized testing
is highly fractured - with segments of the market facing monopoly
conditions, others facing oligopoly conditions and still others
where near free-market conditions exist. One of the main premises
of the book is that the structures of markets have strong
implications for how those markets perform. While this notion is
widely accepted among economists, it is not widely appreciated in
educational research. A second motivation for the book is that very
little scholarly attention has been focused on the standardized
testing industry. This topic - the structure of the testing
industry and implications for the quality of tests and test use -
affects how we evaluate the learning of students, the effectiveness
of teaching, the quality of schools and the educational health of
the nation. Of particular concern to the authors is one vital
aspect of test quality: test validity. This book is the most
current and authoritative review and analysis of the market for
standardized testing.
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