In other words the incoming recruits had to take a placement test in order for the military to know where to place the recruits and to see how well educated they were. ... How accurate is it at measuring a construct and does it measure what it's supposed to measure. ... Validity, briefly, refers to how well a test measures what it says it does. ... The last factor is the purpose of assessment. ... This is the act of placing the client in a strictly or loosely defined category of people. ...

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After learning about Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligences I now realize how important it is to make sure I work hard to include every child into my curriculum. Gardner's theory is that everyone is able to recognize a student that does scores great on an exam is smart, that does not mean that a student that falls short of doing good on the same test is not as brilliant as the other student. ... Also, as part of the curriculum a teacher could include activity centers and allow the students to act out stories. ... This student will be able to do very complex math problems. ... Includ...

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