Richard P. Phelps received degrees from Washington, Indiana, and Harvard Universities and a Ph.D. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He taught secondary school mathematics in Burkina Faso, West Africa; was the first Coordinator of the World Education Indicators Programme at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in Paris; worked at the U.S. General Accounting Office, Westat, National Evaluation Systems, ETS, ACT, and Indiana's Education Department; and is editor and co-author of Correcting Fallacies about Educational and Psychological Testing (American Psychological Association, 2008/2009) and Defending Standardized Testing (Psychology Press, 2005); author of "The Malfunction of US Education Policy" (Rowman & Littlefield, 2023), Standardized Testing Primer (Peter Lang, 2007), and Kill the Messenger: The War on Standardized Testing (Transaction, 2003, 2005), lead author for several statistical compendia, and founder of the Nonpartisan Education Review ( https://nonpartisaneducation.org ). - See more at: https://richardphelps.net/
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Education, Statistics, Educational tests and measurements, Standards, assessment, education, measurement, testing, Curricula, Educational accountability, Postsecondary education, Secondary Education, Vocational education, psychology, public policy, Achievement tests, Education, united states, Educational indicators, States, Ability, Ability, testing, Academic achievement, Cross-cultural studies, Demographic surveys, Employment testsPlaces
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