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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Koretz, Daniel M. Measuring up. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008 (OCoLC)607142483 Online version: Koretz, Daniel M. Measuring up. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008 (OCoLC)608614320 |
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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Daniel M Koretz |
| ISBN: | 9780674028050 0674028058 |
| OCLC Number: | 179801074 |
| Description: | 353 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm. |
| Contents: | 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. |
| Responsibility: | Daniel Koretz. |
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Abstract:
Takes readers through the fundamental issues that arise in educational testing and shows how they apply to some of the controversial issues in education, from high-stakes testing to special education. This book walks readers through everyday examples to show how tests can be used sensibly to help discover how much kids have learned.
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"For many years, Parade magazine has featured a regular column by Marilyn vos Savant, declared by the magazine to have the highest IQ in the country. Rather than simply saying that Ms. vos Savant is one damned smart person, if indeed she is, the editors use the everyday vocabulary of IQ... Referencing her test score is just another way of saying that she is smart. But we are supposed to believe that her intelligence is not just the opinion of the editors, but rather something that science has validated." - from Measuring Up" Read more...
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