[etni] [FWD: re: tests, intelligence, baal peh

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 From: "Z L Lanir" <zllanir@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
 To: <etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
 
 Hi,
 in reply to Adinah I would like to know where the notion
 "all good tests test intelligence as well" comes from 
I would really like to read the research literature on that.
 Since there is a dispute as to what intelligence really is then I feel
 that this statement needs revision.
  As far as the literature states, tests have to be valid and reliable.
 Valid in that they measure what they are supposed to be measuring --
 knowledge of English
 Reliable in that the test consistently measures whatever it is
 measuring -- knowledge of English.
 
 Also in reply to Adinah, who wrote
 '"I do not agree with the Baal Peh exam.  Why can't  these students
 have a regular exam with a tape and the proctor looking up words for
 them and then have Shichtuv like there exists in other subjects?
 Sometimes these students do much better than students who are
 stronger than they are since they did not encounter some of the more 
complicated questions.  The reverse is also true."
 
I think if Aharona has time, she will be able to answer appropriately 
all the questions you raise here.
 
 Lesley Lanir

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