Re: TAP test/Info Skills

[Melissa Davis <mbdavis@TENET.EDU>]

I agree that the test makers should update their questions. I hadn't even
thought of this until you brought it up. Would anyone be willing to come
up with the appropriate addresses for us to write to?

Actually, this reaffirms my decision to go with Winnebago because their
main display screen reproduces a paper catalog card.
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On Wed, 1 Feb 1995, Hilary A. Whitehill wrote:

>         Time to stir up some more trouble.  It's the time of
> year for standardized testing, & I'm being told by our reading
> specialist that the TAP test (put out by the folks that do the
> ITBS) STILL tests the PRINT version of Readers' Guide and the
> card catalog.
>         Now, my guess is that if you're reading this, you're
> probably on your way to being automated.  We do need to
> consider that not all of our libraries are, but in the sample
> test materials she's given me, I see questions geared
> SPECIFICALLY to the print versions of these resources, that
> might confuse a kid familiar with only the computer versions.
>         Do we need to throw our collective weight behind a
> request to the test publishers that they at least word the
> questions so that our kids aren't at a disadvantage?  Let me
> know what you think!
> --
> Hilary Whitehill - hwhitehi@pen.k12.va.us
> Librarian, T.C. Williams High School, Alexandria, Virginia
>