The paradoxes of high stakes testing : how they affect students, their parents, teachers, principals, schools, and society /

As a nation, we spend more than 1 billion a year on federally mandated educational tests that 30 million students must take each year. The country spends an additional 1.2 billion on test preparation materials designed to help students pass these tests. While test mandates were put in place with goo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Madaus, George F.
Otros Autores: Russell, Michael K., 1967-, Higgins, Jennifer (Jennifer Anne)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Charlotte, N.C. : Information Age Pub., ©2009.
Temas:
Educational tests and measurements.
Tests et mesures en éducation.
EDUCATION > Evaluation.
EDUCATION > Testing & Measurement.
STUDY AIDS > Tests.
Education.
Social Sciences.
Theory & Practice of Education.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The high-stakes testing mania
  • Why has testing become so important?
  • What is a test?
  • What human and cultural factors affect test performance?
  • What technical issues affect test validity?
  • Why is it important to regard testing as a technology?
  • Why is the history of testing important?
  • What are the paradoxical consequences of high-stakes testing?
  • What is the future of testing?
  • Why and how should high-stakes testing be monitored?

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