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Walt Haney
Researcher at Boston College
Publications - 43
Citations - 2143
Walt Haney is an academic researcher from Boston College. The author has contributed to research in topics: Standardized test & Test (assessment). The author has an hindex of 21, co-authored 43 publications receiving 2098 citations. Previous affiliations of Walt Haney include Huron Institute.
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Talking with Children About Tests; A Pilot Study of Test Item Ambiguity. National Consortium on Testing Staff Circular No. 7.
Walt Haney,Laurie Scott +1 more
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The Role of Testing in Evaluations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors introduce some of the aspects of test use that ought to be looked into by those who commission and employ program evaluations, and two types of testing are considered with respect to evaluation.
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The Follow Through Experiment: Summary of an Analysis of Major Evaluation Reports.
TL;DR: The decision to use the very limited funds available for Follow Through... to initiate a program which will permit examination in depth of the consequence of different program approaches holds promise of inaugurating what could be literally a new era in governmental support for educational and social ventures, i.e., an era in which the knowledge and technical expertise of the educational specialist, the systems engineer, and the behavioral scientist are brought into harmony with the pluralistic value structure of our society as mentioned in this paper.
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Trouble over Testing.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore the role of standardized tests as gate keepers to educational and occupational opportunities and how to make them more fair, to enhance equality of opportunities for both poor and rich, male and female, black and white, young and old.