Measuring UpMeasuring 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. |
Contents
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| 5 | |
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Just How Good Is the Sample? | 35 |
4 The Evolution of American Testing | 46 |
5 What Test Scores Tell Us about American Kids | 74 |
6 What Influences Test Scores or How Not to Pick a School | 113 |
How Much We Dont Know What Were Talking About | 143 |
9 Validity | 215 |
10 Inflated Test Scores | 235 |
11 Adverse Impact and Bias | 260 |
12 Testing Students with Special Needs | 281 |
13 Sensible Uses of Tests | 315 |
Notes | 335 |
Acknowledgments | 345 |
Index | 347 |
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