Measuring up : what educational testing really tells us /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Koretz, Daniel M.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008.
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505 0 |a If only it were so simple -- What is a test? -- What we measure: just how good is the sample? -- The evolution of American testing -- What test scores tell us about American kids -- What influences test scores, or how not to pick a school -- Error and reliability: how much we don't know what we're talking about -- Reporting performance: standards and scales -- Validity -- Inflated test scores -- Adverse impact and bias -- Testing students with special needs -- Sensible uses of tests. 
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