Download or read book The Fractured Marketplace for Standardized Testing written by Walter M. Haney and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Standardized testing in the United States has been increasing at a rapid pace in the last twenty-five years. The market for tests has not only been expanding rapidly, but has also been changing sharply in structure into a fractured marketplace. Indeed, one of the main features of this book is that the market for standardized testing is highly fractured - with segments of the market facing monopoly conditions, others facing oligopoly conditions and still others where near free-market conditions exist. One of the main premises of the book is that the structures of markets have strong implications for how those markets perform. While this notion is widely accepted among economists, it is not widely appreciated in educational research. A second motivation for the book is that very little scholarly attention has been focused on the standardized testing industry. This topic - the structure of the testing industry and implications for the quality of tests and test use - affects how we evaluate the learning of students, the effectiveness of teaching, the quality of schools and the educational health of the nation. Of particular concern to the authors is one vital aspect of test quality: test validity. This book is the most current and authoritative review and analysis of the market for standardized testing.
Download or read book The Fractured Marketplace for Standardized Testing written by Walter M. Haney and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-09-30 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Standardized testing in the United States has been increasing at a rapid pace in the last twenty-five years. The market for tests has not only been expanding rapidly, but has also been changing sharply in structure into a fractured marketplace. Indeed, one of the main features of this book is that the market for standardized testing is highly fractured - with segments of the market facing monopoly conditions, others facing oligopoly conditions and still others where near free-market conditions exist. One of the main premises of the book is that the structures of markets have strong implications for how those markets perform. While this notion is widely accepted among economists, it is not widely appreciated in educational research. A second motivation for the book is that very little scholarly attention has been focused on the standardized testing industry. This topic - the structure of the testing industry and implications for the quality of tests and test use - affects how we evaluate the learning of students, the effectiveness of teaching, the quality of schools and the educational health of the nation. Of particular concern to the authors is one vital aspect of test quality: test validity. This book is the most current and authoritative review and analysis of the market for standardized testing.
Download or read book Standardized Minds written by Peter Sacks and published by Da Capo Press, Incorporated. This book was released on 1999 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sacks offers a hard-hitting examination of the ways in which standardized tests sustain the privileged and punish the poor, complete with a plan for meaningful change in schools and in the workplace.
Download or read book Motivation Achievement and Testing written by Edward Miller and published by Harvard Education Letter. This book was released on 1996 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: HARVARD EDUCATION LETTER-FOCUS SERIES #2.
Download or read book Resources in Education written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 1086 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Correcting Fallacies about Educational and Psychological Testing written by Richard P. Phelps and published by American Psychological Association (APA). This book was released on 2009 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Standardized testing bears the twin burden of controversy and complexity and is difficult for many to understand either dispassionately or technically. In response to this reality, Richard P. Phelps and a team of well-noted measurement specialists describe the current state of public debate about testing across fields, explain and refute the primary criticisms of testing, acknowledge the limitations and undesirable consequences of testing, provide suggestions for improving testing practices, and present a vigorous defense of testing as well as a practical vision for its promise and future." "Those who are charged with translating the science of testing into public information and policy - including administrators, social scientists, test publishers, professors, and journalists who specialize in education and psychology - will find a wealth of valuable information here with which to balance the debate."--BOOK JACKET.
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Download or read book Choosing Excellence written by John Merrow and published by R & L Education. This book was released on 2001 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this intelligent and humorous account, Merrow seeks to answer the question: How do you know if your school is any good?
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Download or read book From Gatekeeper to Gateway written by National Commission on Testing and Public Policy (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Testing and Standards written by Sandra Wilde and published by Heinemann Educational Books. This book was released on 2002 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teachers have a lot of questions about where standards and tests come from, what they mean, and how they're used. Sandra Wilde packs this handy reference guide with clear, concise explanations of this convoluted, and increasingly important, world. She defines technical terms, makes sense of the ethics and politics involved, and provides the ammunition to challenge policies relating to testing and standards that aren't benefiting students.
Download or read book Assessment Equity and Diversity in Reforming America s Schools written by Linda Fitzgerald Winfield and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Equity and Excellence in Educational Testing and Assessment written by Michael T. Nettles and published by Springer. This book was released on 1994-12-31 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 5 TABLE I Average Reading Proficiency and Achievement Levels by RacelEthnicity Grades 4 8 and 12 1992 Reading Assessment Percentage of Student At or Above Percentage of Average Proficient Basic Below Basic Advanced I Students Proficiency I Grade 4 White 71 226 6 31 68 J2 69 16 193 0 Black 7 31 Hispanic 9 202 2 13 41 59 Asian/Pacific Islander 2 216 2 21 55 45 American Indian 2 208 2 15 50 50 Grade 8 70 White 268 3 34 77 23 Black 16 238 0 8 44 56 Hispanic 10 242 I 13 49 51 AsianlPacific Islander 3 270 6 38 77 23 American Indian 1 251 I 18 60 40 Grade 12 White 72 297 4 43 82 18 Black 15 272 0 16 54 46 9 277 Hispanic 1 21 61 39 Asian/Pacific Islander 4 291 4 39 74 26 American Indian 0 272 I 24 S2 48 Source: National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 1992 Reading Assessment. Reprinted from "NAEP 1992 Reading Report Card for the Nation and the States. " l be reading at the advanced level . A much higher percent of White Americans are performing at the proficient and advanced levels.
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Download or read book Handbook of Multicultural Assessment written by Lisa A. Suzuki and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 2001 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers the most current information on multicultural assessment issues and applications of the most popular measures and assessment practices. It includes innovative ideas for conducting assessments with minority populations.
