Measuring Up : : What Educational Testing Really Tells Us / / Daniel Koretz.

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 hig...

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Ort / Verlag:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2022]
©2008
Erscheinungsjahr:2022
Sprache:Englisch
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Weitere Titel:Frontmatter --
Contents --
Prologue --
1. If Only It Were So Simple --
2. What Is a Test? --
3. What We Measure: Just How Good Is the Sample? --
4. The Evolution of American Testing --
5. What Test Scores Tell Us about American Kids --
6. What Influences Test Scores, or How Not to Pick a School --
7. Error and Reliability: How Much We Don't Know What We're Talking About --
8. Reporting Performance: Standards and Scales --
9. Validity --
10. Inflated Test Scores --
11. Adverse Impact and Bias --
12. Testing Students with Special N --
13. Sensible Uses of Tests --
Notes --
Acknowledgments --
Index
Zusammenfassung: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.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9780674039728
9783110756067
9783110442205
DOI:10.4159/9780674039728?locatt=mode:legacy
Zugangseinschränkungen:restricted access
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Verantwortlichkeitsangabe: Daniel Koretz.