Measuring Up: What Educational Testing Really Tells Us - Brossura

Koretz, Daniel M.

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ISBN 10: 0674035216 ISBN 13: 9780674035218

Casa editrice: Harvard Univ Pr, 2009

Riassunto

<p>How do you judge the quality of a school, a district, a teacher, a student? By the test scores, of course. Yet for all the talk, what educational tests can and can’t tell you, and how scores can be misunderstood and misused, remains a mystery to most. The complexities of testing are routinely ignored, either because they are unrecognized, or because they may be—well, complicated. <br><br>Inspired by a popular Harvard course for students without an extensive mathematics background, <i>Measuring Up</i> demystifies educational testing—from MCAS to SAT to WAIS, with all the alphabet soup in between. Bringing statistical terms down to earth, Daniel 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. He walks readers through everyday examples to show what tests do well, what their limits are, how easily tests and scores can be oversold or misunderstood, and how they can be used sensibly to help discover how much kids have learned.</p>

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"It is written in an accessible style and concepts are explained without recourse to technical jargon...ideal for those with an open mind who want to find out more"
--Times Higher Education Supplement, 28 August 2008

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What Educational Testing Really Tells Us

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Harvard Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0674035216
• ISBN 13: 9780674035218
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 353
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile