External tests spark debate among education leaders
A broad review by national educators criticizes external standardized tests for measuring only narrow knowledge and potential, urging administrators to evaluate tests, avoid using scores to compare students or schools, and promote free or nonacademic scholarship options. It notes duplication across 20 programs, calls for equivalency scales, and warns against penalizing or excluding students who refuse testing.
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American Association of School Administrators
Ie Council of Chief State School
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California Institute of Tist Guneralty
Henry Chauncy
Educational Testing Service
Jenn R. Snider
University of Oklahoma
Tests Question Effectiveness in Education Debate
A broad critique notes tests miss culturally deprived and creative students, question reliability, influence on scholarships, and costs. The report cites 800,000 students taking at least one of 20 tests, with 400,000 classroom hours lost, urging a shift from standardized scores to continuous evaluation while acknowledging the inevitability of some appraisal.
Grays Lake Women Sing at LDS General Conference
Margaret Stoor LaRue Coombs and Colleen Layland traveled to Salt Lake City for the LDS General Conference. The trio sang with the Singing Mothers of the Relief Society at sessions Friday and Wednesday relief society events. Marvel Nelson chauffeured them. Layland stayed with the Brenzingers and returned Friday. A Tooele couple welcomed a seven and a half pound baby girl on September 23 in Salt Lake. Weekend visitors greeted Mr. and Mrs. Keith Tingey.
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Margaret Stoor
LaRue Coombs
Salt Lake City
Colleen Layland
Singing Mothers
Relief Society
L.D.S
Salt Lake
Lyle Burton
Forrest Monroe
Tooele
Utah
Keith Tingey
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Mardell Oakey
Shelley
Walter Hirsbrunner
Soda Springs
Odell Stoor
Walter
Odell
Bishop
Glade Sibbett
Idaho Falls
Virginia City
Nevada City
Montana
Yellowstone Park
Tierre Humphreys
Logan
Reed Humphreys
Glen Burton
Garland
W. O. Petersen
Honeyville
Glen
Lyle Burtons
Roy Vins
Mark
Branford
J. C. Smith
Branford Place
American Falls
Charles Marvin
Grays Lake Farms Bureau
Jean
Marilyn
Jalene
Pocatello
Grays Lake
Joy Thomas
Caribou County
Idaho
I. L. Ray Davis
State of Idaho
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United States
Jack Hawley
Len B. Jordan
Orval Hansen
Robert E. Smylie
Kenneth Arnold
Secretary OF State
Carl R. Burt
James A. Defenbach
Rulon Swensen
Allan G. Shepard
Wesley Frazier
T. Hansen
Herbert K. Whitworth
Robert W. Hubbard
Reed W. Budge
Louis B. Bitton
L. Ray Davis
Ralph J. Marriott
Betty Bergen
Frank W. Harris
Wallace M. Transtrum
J. PF
Bud) Woodall
Rob White
Democratic
Frank Church
Gracie Pfost
Ralph R. Harding
Vernon K. Smith
W. E. Drevlow
Arnold Williams
Joe B. Williams
Marjorie Ruth Moon
J. Ray Cox
State Superintendent OF Public Instruction
D. F. Engelking
Donald
Don) Adams
Mike W. Hatch
Doyal Stiles
Tra Ellis
Donald T. Peterson
Kenneth M. Fowler
Guy Maughan
Doris Irving
Theodore
Allen
Idaho Savings & Loan Assn
Oedar
Lieutenant Goviano
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Sherif
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