What happens to the research evidence in a scientific field when the professionals in that field do not like it?
Number of Studies on Testing in Schools Reported by Researcher or Research Organization
Some naively believe, as I once did, that all scientific research is somehow accumulated and preserved. Some of it is, even if its preservation may be obscure. Many scholarly journal indexes, for example, date back to the early twentieth century, and their earliest journal contents can still be found in some dusty academic libraries or on microfiche. Other scientific research is not deliberately preserved, or even indexed, and can more easily be forsaken and forgotten.1
Research on educational testing, its uses and effects, should greatly interest the American public. A standardized test, when administered by objective third parties, is one of the few instruments
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