High-Stakes Testing in Education : Science and Practice in K-12 Settings /

"Educational assessment and, more broadly, educational research in the United States have entered into an era characterized by a dramatic increase in the prevalence and importance of test score use in accountability systems. This volume covers a selection of contemporary issues about testing sc...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Bovaird, James A., Geisinger, Kurt F., 1951-, Buckendahl, Chad W.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association, ©2011.
Temas:
Carl-Orff-Volksschule > Andechs
Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer > Bitterfeld
Educational tests and measurements > United States.
Educational accountability > United States.
Public schools > United States > Examinations.
Schools.
Education
Educational Measurement
Schools
Tests et mesures en éducation > États-Unis.
Responsabilité du rendement (Éducation) > États-Unis.
Écoles publiques > États-Unis > Examens.
Écoles.
schools (institutions)
schools (buildings)
EDUCATION > Administration > General.
EDUCATION > Organizations & Institutions.
PSYCHOLOGY / Assessment, Testing & Measurement
Educational accountability
Educational tests and measurements
Public schools
Schulleistungstest
Schulleistungsmessung
Prüfung
United States
Examinations
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Current state of high stakes testing in education / Barbara S. Plake
  • Local development of a high stakes assessment program : lessons learned and research results gained / John Crawford and Patricia Crum
  • Setting performance standards on alternate assessments for students with disabilities / Abdullah A. Ferdous, Sue Bechard, and Chad W. Buckendahl
  • Assessing English language skills in education : implications for students with limited english proficiency / Anja Römhild and James A. Bovaird
  • Student achievement and adequate yearly progress within the Indiana charter school system / Holmes Finch, Brian French, and Mary Baker
  • Revising a large-scale college placement examination program : innovation within constraints / Kristen Huff and Gerald J. Melican
  • A role for college admissions tests in state assessment programs / Sherri Miller and Jay Happel
  • Finding validity evidence : an analysis using the mental measurements yearbook / Gregory J. Cizek, Heather K. Koons, and Sharyn L. Rosenberg
  • A model of examinee test-taking effort / Steven L. Wise and Lisa F. Smith
  • Validity arguments for high-stakes testing and accountability systems / Deborah l. Bandalos [and others]
  • Testing and measurement from a multilevel view : psychometrics and validation / Bruno D. Zumbo and Barry Forer
  • A high stakes use of intelligence testing : a forensic case study / Chad W. Buckendahl and Brett P. Foley
  • High stakes education research : enhanced scrutiny of the education system and its consequence / James A. Bovaird and Natalie A. Koziol
  • Conclusions
  • The future of high stakes testing in education / Kurt F. Geisinger.

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