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Limitations on Testing
Pages 13-14

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... Over and over we see that it takes a political event or a public relations disaster before attention zeroes in on the quality of a testing program. George Madaus and some others have been arguing that the professional test standards should be made enforceable.
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... We did urge test developers to limit claims, but we expected users to pioneer new applications. If we certify Test X for Use 8, there is a strong hint that practitioners shouldn't be Lying it for Uses 7 and 9.
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