Panel To Probe Validity of N.Y. Reading Test
New York state's education commissioner is forming a panel of experts to decide whether a series of miscues will undermine the validity of a new 4th grade reading test.
Richard P. Mills announced last month that a six-member, blue-ribbon panel will report to him about the logistical and content problems in the tests and whether those errors will lead to skewed results.
The problems--which ranged from some students inadvertently previewing material that appeared on the exam to tests not arriving on schedule in some districts--have not shaken Mr. Mills' confidence in the validity or quality of the test given to the state's 280,000 4th graders last month. But he wants experts to confirm that the errors have not given some students an...
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