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Measuring up : what educational testing really tells us / Daniel Koretz.

By: Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008Description: 353 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780674028050 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0674028058 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 371.26 22
LOC classification:
  • LB3051 .K667 2008
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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks LB3051 .K667 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001069854

Includes bibliographical references (pages [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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