When teachers feel strong pressure to increase their students' scores on particular standardized tests, they often focus instruction on knowledge and skills they know the test covers. In other words, they teach to the test

Teaching to the test is typically in students' long-term best interests only if the test

a. Measures scholastic aptitude in particular subject domains rather than general intelligence
b. Includes both paper-pencil and performance items
c. Measures things that are important for students' ultimate success in the world
d. Is both reliable and practical


C

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