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100 1 _aKoretz, Daniel M.
245 1 0 _aMeasuring up :
_bwhat educational testing really tells us /
_cDaniel Koretz.
264 1 _aCambridge, Mass. :
_bHarvard University Press,
_c2008.
300 _a353 pages :
_billustrations, maps ;
_c22 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
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_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [335]-343) and index.
505 0 _aIf 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.
596 _a1
650 0 _aEducational tests and measurements
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aTest bias
_zUnited States.
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