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Contents: Foreword. J.J. Fremer, Introduction and Overview. R.P. Phelps, Persistently Positive: Forty Years of Public Opinion on Standardized Testing. G.J. Cizek, High-Stakes Testing: Contexts, Characteristics, Critiques, and Consequences. R.P. Phelps, The Rich, Robust Research Literature on Testing's Achievement Benefits. D. Goodman, R.K. Hambleton, Some Misconceptions About Large-Scale Educational Assessments. S.G. Sireci, The Most Frequently Unasked Questions About Testing. G.K. Cunningham, Must High Stakes Mean Low Quality? Some Testing Program Implementation Issues. C.W. Buckendahl, R. Hunt, Whose Rules? The Relation Between the "Rules" and "Law" of Testing. L. Crocker, Teaching for the Test: How and Why Test Preparation Is Appropriate. B.S. Plake, Doesn't Everybody Know That 70% Is Passing? K.F. Geisinger, The Testing Industry, Ethnic Minorities and Individuals With Disabilities. D. Rogosa, A School Accountability Case Study: California API Awards and the Orange County Register Margin of Error Folly. M.L. Bourque, Leave No Standardized Test Behind. Appendices.