Measuring up : what educational testing really tells us / Daniel Koretz.
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TextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008.Description: 353 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cmISBN: - 9780674028050 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0674028058 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 371.26 22
- LB3051 .K667 2008
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| LB 3051 .E63 2007 c.1 Enhancing teaching and learning through assessment | LB 3051 .E63 2007 c.2 Enhancing teaching and learning through assessment | LB 3051 .H31987 2006 Handbook of test development / | LB 3051 .K667 2008 Measuring up : | LB 3051 .L515 1975 Advances in psychological and educational measurement / | LB 3051 .N56 1981 Measurement and evaluation in the classroom / | LB 3051 .R5 1988 Assessing mathematical attainment / |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [335]-343) and index.
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.
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