Scoring errors -testing companies

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How test companies can fail you. Please read a full article.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/marketsmag/education.pdf


This is another article:

http://www.bc.edu/research/nbetpp/statements/M1N4.pdf

"Despite widespread use of testing in education and employment, there is no US agency
(analogous to the Federal Trade Commission or the Federal Aviation Administration) that
independently audits the processes and products of testing agencies. The lack of oversight
makes errors difficult to detect. Individuals harmed by a flawed test may not even be aware
of the harm. Although consumers who become aware of a problem with a test can contact
the educational agency that commissioned it, or the testing company; it is likely that many
problems go unnoticed.
Occasionally, consumers do notice problems with tests, and some lawsuits have ensued.
One such court case was Allen et al. v.The Alabama State Board of Education (1999). Here,
plaintiffs (Alabama teacher candidates) contended that the Alabama Initial Teacher
Certification Testing Program (AITCTP) was biased against minority teacher candidates.
Experts hired by the plaintiffs to determine the technical adequacy of the test needed a court
order to gain access to the records of the testing contractor..."