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. |
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... readers understand the complexities inherent in testing, avoid the common mistakes, and be able to interpret test scores reasonably and use tests productively. Testing has become the subject of intense controversy , and Prologue.
... readers understand the complexities inherent in testing, avoid the common mistakes, and be able to interpret test scores reasonably and use tests productively. Testing has become the subject of intense controversy , and Prologue.
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... reading , for example , that the results were scaled using a three - parameter logistic item response theory model . The good news is that these intimidating technical details , while critically important to the construction of tests ...
... reading , for example , that the results were scaled using a three - parameter logistic item response theory model . The good news is that these intimidating technical details , while critically important to the construction of tests ...
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... readers so inclined could skim those parts , but I did so reluctantly because that material is important , and I hope every reader will take the time to digest it . The reader also may find it helpful to know a few conventions I ...
... readers so inclined could skim those parts , but I did so reluctantly because that material is important , and I hope every reader will take the time to digest it . The reader also may find it helpful to know a few conventions I ...
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... reading comprehen- sion test is a reading comprehension test. And a math test in the fourth grade—there's not many ways you can foul up a test ... It's pretty easy to 'norm' the results.”1 Whatever one thinks of No Child Left Behind—and ...
... reading comprehen- sion test is a reading comprehension test. And a math test in the fourth grade—there's not many ways you can foul up a test ... It's pretty easy to 'norm' the results.”1 Whatever one thinks of No Child Left Behind—and ...
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... readers have any idea what an IQ test contains or any familiarity with the arguments about what IQ tests actually ... reader; it is just another way of saying that she is smart. But it does seem to give the assertion more weight, a ...
... readers have any idea what an IQ test contains or any familiarity with the arguments about what IQ tests actually ... reader; it is just another way of saying that she is smart. But it does seem to give the assertion more weight, a ...
Contents
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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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