Measuring Up
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ISBN-13:
9780674035218
Veröffentl:
2009
Erscheinungsdatum:
01.09.2009
Seiten:
368
Autor:
Daniel Koretz
Gewicht:
425 g
Format:
213x142x25 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Measuring Up demystifies educational testing¿from MCAS to SAT to WAIS. Bringing statistical terms down to earth, Koretz takes readers through the most fundamental issues that arise in educational testing and shows how they apply to some of the most controversial issues in education today, from high-stakes testing to special education.
Measuring Up demystifies educational testingââ¬âfrom MCAS to SAT to WAIS. Bringing statistical terms down to earth, Koretz takes readers through the most fundamental issues that arise in educational testing and shows how they apply to some of the most controversial issues in education today, from high-stakes testing to special education.
* Prologue * If Only It Were So Simple * What Is a Test? * What We Measure: Just How Good Is the Sample? * The Evolution of American Testing * What Test Scores Tell Us about American Kids * What Influences Test Scores, or How Not to Pick a School * Error and Reliability: How Much We Don't Know What We're Talking About * Reporting Performance: Standards and Scales * Validity * Inflated Test Scores * Adverse Impact and Bias * Testing Students with Special Needs * Sensible Uses of Tests * Notes * Acknowledgments * Index