Measuring up : what educational testing really tells us /
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Cambridge, Mass. :
Harvard University Press,
2008.
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Table of Contents:
- 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.