High stakes : testing for tracking, promotion, and graduation /

" ... focuses on how testing is used in schools to make decisions about tracking and placement, promotion and retention, and awarding or withholding high school diplomas ... sorts out the controversies that emerge when a test score can open or close gates on a student's educational pathway...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores Corporativos: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Appropriate Test Use, National Research Council (U.S.). Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education. Board on Testing and Assessment
Otros Autores: Heubert, Jay Philip, Hauser, Robert Mason
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1999.
Temas:
Educational tests and measurements > United States.
Educational accountability > United States.
Education and state > United States.
Tests et mesures en éducation > États-Unis.
Responsabilité du rendement (Éducation) > États-Unis.
Éducation > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
EDUCATION > Evaluation.
STUDY AIDS > Tests.
EDUCATION > Testing & Measurement.
Education and state
Educational accountability
Educational tests and measurements
Tests.
Onderwijs.
United States
Verenigde Staten.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:" ... focuses on how testing is used in schools to make decisions about tracking and placement, promotion and retention, and awarding or withholding high school diplomas ... sorts out the controversies that emerge when a test score can open or close gates on a student's educational pathway."--Online caalog description
Notas:"The study was supported by contract/grant no. ED-98-CO-0005"--Title page verso
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xvi, 331 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0585047189
9780585047188

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