The book argues that quality assessments can provide accurate and timely information to maximize student learning, in contrast to punitive testing rhetoric¶

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q1 i? The book contends that quality assessments produce accurate and timely information that supports maximizing student learning, and that focus should shift away from punitive testing rhetoric. → Tarasawa 2020

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Tarasawa 2020¶

Tarasawa, B., Gotwals, A., & Jackson, C. (2020). Assessment education: Bridging research, theory, and practice to promote equity and student learning. Rowman & Littlefield. https://www.nwea.org/research/publication/assessment-education-bridging-research-theory-and-practice-to-promote-equity-and-student-learning/ doi:10.5771/9781475851069

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The book's stated aim, as printed in its description: it hopes to "shift the focus away from the rhetoric of punitive testing" toward the support quality assessments provide. This is the editors' position, offered without reported data in the available text.

"shift the focus away from the rhetoric of punitive testing back to the important support quality assessments can provide in producing accurate and timely information to maximize student learning."

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