Meeting the challenges to measurement in an era of accountability

Under pressure and support from the federal government, states have increasingly turned to indicators based on student test scores to evaluate teachers and schools, as well as students themselves. The focus thus far has been on test scores in those subject areas where there is a sequence of consecut...

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Autor principal: Braun, Henry (-)
Otros Autores: Braun, Henry I., 1949- editor (editor)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, New York ; London, [England] : Routledge 2016.
2016.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:The NCME applications of educational measurement and assessment book series Meeting the challenges to measurement in an era of accountability
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Challenges to Measurement in an Era of Accountability : Introduction and Overview / Henry Braun
  • Design and Development of End of Course Tests for Student Assessment and Teacher Evaluation / Steve Ferrara and Denny Way
  • Design and Implementation Considerations of Performance-based and Authentic Assessments for Use in Accountability Systems / Scott F. Marion and Katie Buckley
  • Psychometric Considerations for Performance-Based Assessments and Student Learning Objectives / Suzanne Lane and Charles DePascale
  • General Introduction to Evidence-Centered Design / Geneva D. Haertel, Terry P. Vendlinski, Daisy Rutstein, Angela DeBarger, Britte H. Cheng, Eric B. Snow, Cynthia D'Angelo, Christopher Harris, Louise Yarnall, and Liliana Ructtinger
  • Validity and Accountability : Test Validation for 21st-century Educational Assessments / Stephen G. Sireci and Amanda Soto
  • Commentary : Can Campbell's Law be Mitigated? / Derek C. Briggs
  • Arts Assessment in an Age of Accountability : Challenges and Opportunities in Implementation, Design, and Measurement / Scott C. Shuler, Timothy S. Brophy, F. Robert Sabol, Susan McGreevy-Nichols, and Mary J. Schuttler
  • Assessment Issues in World Languages / Meg Malone and Paul Sandrock
  • Use of Evidence Centered Design in Assessment of History Learning / Kadriye Ercikan, Peter Seixas, Pamela Kaliski, and Kristen Huff
  • Assessing the Life Sciences : Using Evidence-Centered Design for Accountability Purposes / Geneva D. Haertel, Terry P. Vendlinski, Daisy Rutstein, Angela DeBarger, Britte H. Cheng, Cindy Zikar, Christopher Harris, Cynthia D'Angelo, Eric B. Snow, Marie Bienkowski, and Liliana Ructtinger
  • Assessing Physical and Earth and Space Science in the Context of the NRC Framework for K-12 Science Education and the Next Generation Science Standards / Nathaniel J. S. Brown, Scott S. Maderer, and James Wood
  • Transforming Assessment in Mathematics : Introduction by Patricia Klag.