Download or read book The World Book of Test Taking Standardized tests written by and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Testing Miss Malarkey written by Judy Finchler and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2014-02-25 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The new school year brings standardized testing to every school and Miss Malarkey's is no exception. Teachers, students, and even parents are preparing for THE TEST-The Instructional Performance Through Understanding (IPTU) test-and the school is in an uproar. Even though the grown-ups tell the children not to worry, they're acting kind of strange. The gym teacher is teaching stress-reducing yoga instead of sports in gym class. Parents are giving pop quizzes on bedtime stories at night. The cafeteria is serving "brain food" for lunch. The kids are beginning to think that maybe the test is more important than they're being led to believe. Kids and adults alike will laugh aloud as Finchler and O'Malley poke fun at the commotion surrounding standardized testing, a staple of every school's year.
Download or read book The Test written by Anya Kamenetz and published by PublicAffairs. This book was released on 2015-01-06 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[The anti-testing] movement now has a guidebook. . . . Kamenetz shows how fundamentally American it would be to move toward a more holistic system." -- New York Times Book Review The Test is an essential and critically acclaimed book for any parent confounded by our national obsession with standardized testing. It recounts the shocking history and tempestuous politics of testing and borrows strategies from fields as diverse as games, neuroscience, and ancient philosophy to help children cope. It presents the stories of families, teachers, and schools maneuvering within and beyond the existing educational system, playing and winning the testing game. And it points the way toward a hopeful future of better tests and happier kids.
Download or read book The World Book of Test Taking written by and published by World Book. This book was released on 1982 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Myths of Standardized Tests written by Phillip Harris and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2011-01-16 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pundits, politicians, and business leaders continually make claims for what standardized tests can do, and those claims go largely unchallenged because they are in line with popular assumptions about what these tests can do, what the scores mean, and the psychology of human motivation. But what most of what these opinion leaders say-and the public believes-about standardized testing just isn't so. However, few members of the general public, not even concerned parents, have the time or the background to keep up with the latest findings of testing experts, psychometricians, and researchers. That's where The Myths of Standardized Tests comes in. In simple, accessible language, Harris, Smith, and Harris spell out the assumptions underlying standardized tests and point out what's true about them and what's just plain mythical. But they not only debunk common assumptions; they propose better ways to judge the success of our schools. They also offer readers suggestions for ways they can help reduce the burden of tests on their children. Appendixes offer readers contact information and suggestions for actions they can take to become part of the solution to the problem of overusing and misusing standardized tests.
Download or read book Miss Malarkey Leaves No Reader Behind written by Kevin O'Malley and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2013-06-27 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Award-winning duo Judy Finchler and Kevin O'Malley are back with another book in the best-selling Miss Malarkey series that makes reading fun! Principal Wiggins has promised to dye his hair purple and sleep on the school roof if the students read 1,000 books this year, and Miss Malarkey is determined to find the right book for every student, including this story's reluctant-reader narrator. Winning her students over book by book, Miss Malarkey will have students loving to read in no time. As the best-selling series continues in paperback, no teacher, librarian, or parent should leave this book behind! Principal Wiggins promises to dye his hair purple and sleep on the school roof if the students read 1,000 books this year. Miss Malarkey is determined to find the right book for each student so they'll participate in the school program, and learn to love reading. She's got a tough audience - video game fanatics, artists, sports lovers - nonreaders all. But she won't give up until Principal Wiggins can flip his purple wig. With all the new pressures being put on teachers these days, the one thing everyone agrees about is the need for all children to learn to love reading. Now, the best-selling Miss Malarkey series uses all the programs and initiatives developed to help children read as fodder for the humor mill, keeping everyone laughing about this important topic. No teacher, librarian or parent should leave this book behind!
Download or read book The World Book of Test Taking Teachers tests written by and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Case Against Standardized Testing written by Alfie Kohn and published by Heinemann Educational Books. This book was released on 2000 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kohn's central message is that standardized tests are "not a force of nature but a force of politics--and political decisions can be questioned, challenged, and ultimately reversed."
Download or read book Standardized Testing in Schools written by Holly Dolezalek and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2009 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses standardized testing in schools and the controversy about its value as a tool, the history of testing, standards, and scoring, the No Child Left Behind Act, the effects on teaching, cheating among students and teachers, and public opinion about the topic.
Download or read book Unequal By Design written by Wayne Au and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-04-26 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unequal By Design critically examines high-stakes standardized testing in order to illuminate what is really at stake for students, teachers, and communities negatively affected by such testing. This thoughtful analysis traces standardized testing’s origins in the Eugenics and Social Efficiency movements of the late 19th and early 20th century through its current use as the central tool for national educational reform via No Child Left Behind. By exploring historical, social, economic, and educational aspects of testing, author Wayne Au demonstrates that these tests are not only premised on the creation of inequality, but that their structures are inextricably intertwined with social inequalities that exist outside of schools.
Download or read book The Best 387 Colleges 2022 written by The Princeton Review and published by Princeton Review. This book was released on 2021-08-31 with total page 881 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Make sure you’re preparing with the most up-to-date materials! Look for The Princeton Review’s newest edition of this book, The Best 388 Colleges, 2023 Edition (ISBN: 9780593450963, on-sale August 2022). Publisher's Note: Products purchased from third-party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality or authenticity, and may not include access to online tests or materials included with the original product.
Download or read book The Testing Charade written by Daniel Koretz and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2017-08-31 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America's leading expert in educational testing and measurement openly names the failures caused by today's testing policies and provides a blueprint for doing better. 6 x 9.
Download or read book Sterling Test Prep SAT World History written by Sterling Test Prep and published by . This book was released on 2019-01-14 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a thorough and curriculum-oriented review structured to match the College Board's most current SAT World History test content outline. The content is divided into four historical periods and is centered on seven geographic focus areas: Europe, Africa, Southwest Asia, South and Southeast Asia, East Asia, the Americas, as well as a global comparative overview. The information is presented in a clear and easy to understand style. You can study one focus area within one historical period at a time to fully comprehend and internalize important historical relationships. Since many questions on the SAT World History Subject Test do not require simple fact recall, but rather aim to assess your overall, wider understanding of the subject, the content of this preparation book is context-based. A context-based approach to studying World History is more engaging than a raw fact-based approach and is necessary for successful test preparation. By using this book as the review guide during studying for the test, you will develop the necessary skills and will be well prepared for the SAT World History Subject Test. The content of this book is developed and edited by highly qualified history teachers, scholars and education specialists with an emphasis on the outline and skills released by the College Board for the SAT World History Subject Test. It was examined for quality and consistency by our team of editors who are experts on teaching and preparing students for standardized tests.
Download or read book Testing in American Schools written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Beyond Test Scores written by Jack Schneider and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2017-08-14 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Test scores are the go-to metric of policy makers and anxious parents looking to place their children in the best schools. Yet standardized tests are a poor way to measure school performance. Using the diverse urban school district of Somerville MA as a case study, Jack Schneider’s team developed a new framework to assess educational effectiveness.
Download or read book How to Study for Standardized Tests written by Donald Sefcik and published by Jones & Bartlett Publishers. This book was released on 2013 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to Study for Standardized Tests Focuses on Three Key Variables: the Test, You, and Important Study Resources (Including Study Methods and Techniques). This Detailed Guide Describes and Explains How to Take Tests Effectively and Efficiently In A Timed Environment While Helping to Reduce the Impact of Test Anxiety. the Authors Include A Discussion of Techniques to Help You Select Answers When Guessing Is Your Only Option. by Learning As Much As You Can About What It Takes to Prepare for and Perform Well on Standardized Tests and by Following the Advice In This Book You Can Realize Your High-
Download or read book The Smartest Kids in the World written by Amanda Ripley and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-07-29 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following three teenagers who chose to spend one school year living in Finland, South Korea, and Poland, a literary journalist recounts how attitudes, parenting, and rigorous teaching have revolutionized these countries' education results.
