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Applying Standardized Testing to Home‐Based Education Programs: Reasonable or Customary?

Gregory J. Cizek

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The author seeks to identify sources of current misutilization of standardized tests in assessing the quality of home‐based educational programs and notes some limitations of current Instruments to perform such assessments. Me suggests that both new instruments and the cooperation of concerned groups will be needed in the pursuit of increased educational alternatives, excellence, and accountability.

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The author seeks to identify sources of current misutilization of standardized tests in assessing the quality of home‐based educational programs and notes some limitations of current Instruments to perform such assessments. Me suggests that both new instruments and the cooperation of concerned groups will be needed in the pursuit of increased educational alternatives, excellence, and accountability.

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The author seeks to identify sources of current misutilization of standardized tests in assessing the quality of home‐based educational programs and notes some limitations of current Instruments to perform such assessments. Me suggests that both new instruments and the cooperation of concerned groups will be needed in the pursuit of increased educational alternatives, excellence, and accountability.

Key concepts: Accountability, Excellence, Standardized test, Quality (philosophy), Computer science, Political science, Psychology, Mathematics education

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