diff --git a/actionpack/test/template/test_case_test.rb b/actionpack/test/template/test_case_test.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/actionpack/test/template/test_case_test.rb
+++ b/actionpack/test/template/test_case_test.rb
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ module ActionView
         test_case.class_eval do
           test "helpers defined on ActionView::TestCase are available" do
             assert test_case.ancestors.include?(ASharedTestHelper)
-            assert 'Holla!', from_shared_helper
+            assert_equal 'Holla!', from_shared_helper
           end
         end
       end
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ module ActionView
       helper AnotherTestHelper
       test "additional helper classes can be specified as in a controller" do
         assert test_case.ancestors.include?(AnotherTestHelper)
-        assert 'Howdy!', from_another_helper
+        assert_equal 'Howdy!', from_another_helper
       end
     end
 
@@ -58,14 +58,14 @@ module ActionView
       helper AnotherTestHelper
       test "additional helper classes can be specified as in a controller" do
         assert test_case.ancestors.include?(AnotherTestHelper)
-        assert 'Howdy!', from_another_helper
+        assert_equal 'Howdy!', from_another_helper
 
         test_case.helper_class.module_eval do
           def render_from_helper
             from_another_helper
           end
         end
-        assert 'Howdy!', render(:partial => 'test/from_helper')
+        assert_equal 'Howdy!', render(:partial => 'test/from_helper')
       end
     end
Make some assertions in the ActionView::TestCase tests actually do something.

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