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Download full textBerman, Amy I.; Haertel, Edward H.; Pellegrino, James W. – National Academy of Education, 2020
This National Academy of Education (NAEd) volume provides guidance to key stakeholders on how to accurately report and interpret comparability assertions concerning large-scale educational assessments as well as how to ensure greater comparability by paying close attention to key aspects of assessment design, content, and procedures. The goal of…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Testing, Scores, Comparative Analysis
Direct linkGeisinger, Kurt F., Ed. – APA Books, 2013
This three-volume handbook is a comprehensive presentation of the theory and application of tests in psychology and education. It begins with an in-depth portrayal of psychometrics: the quantitative underpinning of testing. It then provides thorough, up-to-date and informative chapters related to five general application areas of testing: (1)…
Descriptors: Tests, Counseling Psychology, Clinical Psychology, School Psychology
Mayrath, Michael C., Ed.; Clarke-Midura, Jody, Ed.; Robinson, Daniel H., Ed.; Schraw, Gregory, Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2012
Creative problem solving, collaboration, and technology fluency are core skills requisite of any nation's workforce that strives to be competitive in the 21st Century. Teaching these types of skills is an economic imperative, and assessment is a fundamental component of any pedagogical program. Yet, measurement of these skills is complex due to…
Descriptors: Expertise, Evidence, Integrated Curriculum, Educational Psychology
Boldt, Gail Masuchika, Ed.; Salvio, Paula M., Ed.; Taubman, Peter M., Ed. – Bank Street College of Education, 2009
Concerned that various reforms promising greater professional autonomy and status as well as student success are actually disempowering teachers, impoverishing intellectual life in schools, and serving as a portal for the marketization of teaching and education, editors invited teachers to respond to the ways in which the proliferation of…
Descriptors: Professional Autonomy, Student Evaluation, Accountability, Classroom Environment
Peer reviewedBergstrom, Betty A.; Stahl, John A. – Popular Measurement, 1999
Demonstrates the use of Rasch analysis in the job task analysis of a nursing certification examination taken by 427 individuals. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Educational Testing, Measurement Techniques
Russell, William B., III, Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2012
The field of social studies is unique and complex. It is challenged by the differing perspectives related to the definition, goals, content, and purpose of social studies. Contemporary Social Studies: An Essential Reader discusses the contemporary issues surrounding social studies education today. Contemporary Social Studies: An Essential Reader…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Global Education, Citizenship, Popular Culture
Peer reviewedWendt, Anne – Popular Measurement, 1999
Discusses the factors affecting the decision to use computerized adaptive testing in a nursing certification examination. (SLD)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Educational Testing, Licensing Examinations (Professions), Measurement Techniques
Graves, Donald H. – 2002
This collection of essays focuses on educational testing, showing how testing encroaches on teacher freedom and how narrow standards can actually reduce student achievement. The chapters are: (1) Testing Is Not Teaching; (2) The Freedom Factor; (3) Sharing Power with Intelligent Expectation; (4) Everyone Has a Story To Tell; (5) Lets Change the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education
Glatthorn, Allan A., Ed.; Fontana, Jean, Ed. – 2000
This book presents the views of teachers, teacher educators, and administrators who write about accountability, testing, and standards programs. The chapters are: (1) "From Policy to Practice: The Research" (Allan A. Glatthorn); (2) "New York's Test-Driven Standards" (Jean Fontana); (3) "Voices from a Native American…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Change, Educational Research, Educational Testing
Arnstine, Barbara; Futernick, Ken; Hodson, Timothy A.; Ostgaard, Kolleen – 1999
In 1999, the LegiSchool Project planned to conduct the 12th in its series of televised Town Hall Meetings to provide a forum in which California high school students, educators, and legislators can engage in face-to-face dialogue about problems of mutual interest. For 1999, the topic is standards and tests in California high schools. This guide…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Broadcast Television, Educational Testing, High School Students
Alley, Janet; And Others – New Directions for Testing and Measurement, 1982
Parents are interested in testing, but they need information about what types of tests are given to their children, what tests measure, and how tests can be used constructively. Standardized tests are the particular concern of parents because they believe testing is an integral part of education. (Author/CM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria
Peer reviewedDeville, Craig; O'Neill, Thomas; Wright, Benjamin D.; Woodcock, Richard W.; Munoz-Sandoval, Ana; Gershon, Richard C.; Bergstrom, Betty – Popular Measurement, 1998
Articles in this special section consider (1) flow in test taking (Craig Deville); (2) testwiseness (Thomas O'Neill); (3) test length (Benjamin Wright); (4) cross-language test equating (Richard W. Woodcock and Ana Munoz-Sandoval); (5) computer-assisted testing and testwiseness (Richard Gershon and Betty Bergstrom); and (6) Web-enhanced testing…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Educational Testing, Equated Scores, Measurement Techniques
American Association for Higher Education, Washington, DC. – 1987
The topic of assessment is addressed in three papers from the 1987 national conference on assessment in higher education. In "Assessing Content and Process: Challenges for the New Assessments," Lee S. Shulman considers the ongoing debates about assessment that revolve around the question of what is worth assessing. Attention is focused…
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives, Educational Quality
Berlak, Harold; Newmann, Fred M.; Adams, Elizabeth; Archbald, Doug A.; Burgess, Tyrrell; Raven, John; Romberg, Thomas A. – 1992
This book is an effort to examine the theory and practice of educational assessment while taking a step toward the development of a new paradigm. Fundamental changes in the way education is conceptualized must accompany the effort to rethink assessment theory and practice. The following chapters are included: (1) "The Need for a New Science…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Competence, Educational Assessment, Educational Change
Kane, Michael B., Ed.; Mitchell, Ruth, Ed. – 1996
The chapters in this collection contribute to the debate about the value and usefulness of radically different kinds of assessments in the U.S. educational system by considering and expanding on the theoretical underpinnings of reports and speculation. The chapters are: (1) "Assessment Reform: Promises and Challenges" (Nidhi Khattri and…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Educational Change, Educational Testing, Educational Theories
