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The question, then, is why not have the state university build the tests and write the textbooks? Then you fund the actual creation once and can straightforward

The question, then, is why not have the state university build the tests and write the textbooks? Then you fund the actual creation once and can straightforwardly fund updates and alterations as needed.

temp8964 5y ago
State universities are not good at doing either. There are not enough psychometricians or test writers or textbook writers in psychology or curriculum and instruction departments. State government is not better at doing things than big companies. Hope your solution is not to ask the government to do everything.
- manquer 5y ago
  You think testing companies keep all the psychometricians/text book writers on payroll ? Many of the big tests are developed within an academic setting with university/public funding then licensed out. Almost every book is written by university professor then published by pearson or others. State government does not outsource writing the tax code or the other regulations to companies why is tests any different ?
  - temp8964 5y ago
    You can't tell the difference between a prototype and product. OK. Lets go to the basics. Do you at least understand the state standardized tests are commonly given to grade 3 to grade 10 students on three subjects (English, Math, Science)? That's 24 tests (a few grades could share the same test, but that's complicate). Most state universities don't even have 12 psychometricians. Lol. Of course the reality is much more complicated than 24. You are just imagining things with no understanding of the scale of the complexity of the reality.
  - temp8964 5y ago
    Another aspect you fail to understand is that because the accountability / rating / funding of local education agencies is involved, the state government and the state university do NOT want to and can NOT get involved in producing the test. It must be produced by an outsider.
- teclordphrack2 5y ago
  That is literally their job. They are even ABET or other certified as being so.

temp8964 5y ago

State universities are not good at doing either. There are not enough psychometricians or test writers or textbook writers in psychology or curriculum and instruction departments. State government is not better at doing things than big companies. Hope your solution is not to ask the government to do everything.

manquer 5y ago
You think testing companies keep all the psychometricians/text book writers on payroll ? Many of the big tests are developed within an academic setting with university/public funding then licensed out. Almost every book is written by university professor then published by pearson or others. State government does not outsource writing the tax code or the other regulations to companies why is tests any different ?
- temp8964 5y ago
  You can't tell the difference between a prototype and product. OK. Lets go to the basics. Do you at least understand the state standardized tests are commonly given to grade 3 to grade 10 students on three subjects (English, Math, Science)? That's 24 tests (a few grades could share the same test, but that's complicate). Most state universities don't even have 12 psychometricians. Lol. Of course the reality is much more complicated than 24. You are just imagining things with no understanding of the scale of the complexity of the reality.
- temp8964 5y ago
  Another aspect you fail to understand is that because the accountability / rating / funding of local education agencies is involved, the state government and the state university do NOT want to and can NOT get involved in producing the test. It must be produced by an outsider.
teclordphrack2 5y ago
That is literally their job. They are even ABET or other certified as being so.