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Publication details [#6417]

Mackay, Robert. 1974. Standardized tests: Objective/objectified measures of 'competence'. In Cicourel, Aaron V., Kenneth Jennings, Sybillyn Jennings, Kenneth C.W. Leiter, Robert Mackay, Hugh Mehan and David R. Roth, eds. Language use and school performance. Academic Press. pp. 218–247.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

classroom conversation | evaluation test

Annotation

On the production of knowledge about students' capacities and skills on the basis of standardized tests. The testing context is compared with routine classroom activity.