Testing category: 779 books
Testing Times
The Uses and Abuses of Assessment
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2008
Assessment dominates our lives but its good intentions often produce negative consequences. An example that is central to this book is how current forms of assessment encourage shallow ‘for-the-test’ learning. It is true to say that as the volume of assessment increases, confidence in what it...
A Handbook of Test Construction (Psychology Revivals)
Introduction to Psychometric Design
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2015
Psychological tests provide reliable and objective standards by which individuals can be evaluated in education and employment. Therefore accurate judgements must depend on the reliability and quality of the tests themselves. Originally published in 1986, this handbook by an internationally acknowledged...
Education Governance for the Twenty-First Century
Overcoming the Structural Barriers to School Reform
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2013
America's fragmented, decentralized, politicized, and bureaucratic system of education governance is a major impediment to school reform. In this important new book, a number of leading education scholars, analysts, and practitioners show that understanding the impact of specific policy changes in...
The Myths of Standardized Tests
Why They Don't Tell You What You Think They Do
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2011
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...
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Self-Testing Your Personality
Rediscover Yourself with More Than 40 Insightful Quizzes
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2008
It really is all about you!
Everyone loves taking personality tests. Presented in an easy-to-read format, this collection of entertaining and insightful self-scoring quizzes lets readers explore different aspects of their personalities with tests such as Am I a Risktaker? Am I in the Right...
Psychobook
Games, Tests, Questionnaires, Histories
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
Who knew a trip to the therapist could be so much fun, even aesthetically rewarding? Beyond sharing feelings or complaining about your mother, Psychobook reveals the rich history of psychological testing in a fascinating sideways look at classic testing methods, from word-association games to inkblots...
Many Children Left Behind
How the No Child Left Behind Act Is Damaging Our Children and Our Schools
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2004
Signed into law in 2002, the federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) promised to revolutionize American public education. Originally supported by a bipartisan coalition, it purports to improve public schools by enforcing a system of standards and accountability through high-stakes testing. Many people...
by William J. Reese
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Despite claims that written exams narrowed the curriculum, ruined children’s health, and turned teachers into automatons, once tests took root in American schools their legitimacy was never seriously challenged. William Reese puts today’s battles over standards and benchmarks into perspective by showcasing the history of the pencil-and-paper exam.
Testwise
Understanding Educational Assessment
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2011
Testwise: Understanding Educational Assessment offers a 360-degree guided tour of its subject. Both volumes in this comprehensive two-volume set explore different aspects of investigating what students have learned. To set the scene, Volume One highlights recurrent themes and the contemporary context....
by Herbert J. Walberg
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
The author draws on scientific studies of tests and their uses to show how standardized achievement tests must play a central role in improving achievement in K-12 schools. He explains the central considerations in developing and evaluating tests and tells how tests can best be best used, covering...
Overtested
How High-Stakes Accountability Fails English Language Learners
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This timely book explores what is often overlooked in policy debates about the education of English language learners: how the day-to-day dynamics of the classroom are affected by high-stakes testing and the pressures students and teachers experience and internalize as a result. The author presents...
Measuring Success
Testing, Grades, and the Future of College Admissions
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2018
For more than seventy-five years, standardized tests have been considered a vital tool for gauging students’ readiness for college. However, few people—including students, parents, teachers, and policy makers—understand how tests like the SAT or ACT are used in admissions decisions. Once touted...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2013
Technological and theoretical changes over the past decade have altered the way we think about test validity. This book addresses the present and future concerns raised by these developments. Topics discussed include:
* the validity of computerized testing
* the validity of testing for...
BDD CONFUSION: Using Behaviour driven development for acceptance criteria
Carnsa Development Series, #4
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2019
This is the fourth semi-fictional story from the Carnsa Development series. It focuses on Behaviour Driven Development, also known as BDD. It explores how BDD can be used to write effective acceptance criteria and support requirements. The story also includes a brief look at Test Driven Development...