Guidance from Iowa Testing Program (August 2005)
No, providing students with test items or test answers in advance of the test is highly unethical. Such activity puts the focus on getting particular test questions right rather than on measuring student achievement in the subject area represented by the questions. It is highly rare that a given test item is so important that its content should be learned by all students or taught to students directly. The questions on a test represent only a small sample from all the questions that could be asked when measuring achievement in, say, science or math. When the exact test is the focus of instruction, the test scores lose their meaning, and they portray an achievement result that is dishonest. (p. 5) |