Testing category: 779 books
Mission High
One School, How Experts Tried to Fail It, and the Students and Teachers Who Made It Triumph
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2015
This book is a godsend
a moving portrait for anyone wanting to go beyond the simplified labels and metrics and really understand an urban high school, and its highly individual, resilient, eager and brilliant students and educators.” -Dave Eggers, co-founder, 826 National and ScholarMatch
Darrell...
This Is Not A Test
A New Narrative on Race, Class, and Education
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2014
The conversation about turning around failing schools is in the national spotlight, and that spotlight is often focused on schools that black and brown children attend. Certain proposals to improve urban schools generate lots of headlines: expanding charter schools, funding school vouchers, using...
Fear and Learning in America
Bad Data, Good Teachers, and the Attack on Public Education
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
In this moving account*, *“America’s Superintendent” John Kuhn lays bare the scare tactics at the root of the modern school “reform” movement. Kuhn conveys a deeply held passion for the mission and promise of public education through his own experience as a school administrator in Texas....
by Dorothy H. Cohen, Virginia Stern, Nancy Balaban
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
In the Sixth Edition of their classic text, the authors reiterate the critical importance of observing and recording the behavior of young children, especially in the current atmosphere of accountability and testing. In addition, because children with special needs are now widely included in a majority...
IQ
A Smart History of a Failed Idea
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2009
Advance praise for
IQ A Smart History of a Failed Idea
"An up-to-date, reader-friendly account of the continuing saga of the mismeasure of women and men."
-Howard Gardner, author of Frames of Mind and Multiple Intelligences: New Horizons
"The good news is that you...
What Does It Mean to Be Well Educated?
And More Essays on Standards, Grading, and Other Follies
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2004
Few writers ask us to question our fundamental assumptions about education as provocatively as Alfie Kohn. Time magazine has called him'perhaps the country's most outspoken critic of education's fixation on grades [and] test scores.' And the Washington Post says he is 'the most energetic and charismatic...
by M.D. Reckase
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2009
First thorough treatment of multidimensional item response theory
Description of methods is supported by numerous practical examples
Describes procedures for multidimensional computerized adaptive testing
by Jennifer Overend Prior
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2017
Prepare your grade 6 students for standardized testing with motivating informational text and comprehension exercises that can be used daily! Developed by reading expert, Dr. Edward Fry, this book is based on articles from TIME For Kids® magazine and focuses on increasing students' comprehension,...
The Aptitude Test Workbook: Discover Your Potential and Improve Your Career Options with Practice Psychometric Tests
Discover Your Potential and Improve Your Career Options with Practice Psychometric Tests
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2011
Many organizations and educational institutions use psychometric testing to uncover candidates' abilities and asses their potential. The Aptitude Test Workbook will help candidates prepare for these tests and give them an awareness of their strengths and where they could take you. A companion to Test...
Assessing Performance
Designing, Scoring, and Validating Performance Tasks
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2008
A comprehensive resource for assessment practitioners, this book provides step-by-step guidance for developing, administering, scoring, and validating a range of performance tasks, including literacy and other types of proficiency assessments. The authors explore how to establish the purpose of the...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2005
Contemporary Psychometrics features cutting edge chapters organized in four sections: test theory, factor analysis, structural equation modeling, and multivariate analysis.
The section on test theory includes topics such as multidimensional item response theory (IRT), the relationship between...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2005
The subject of accountability warrants thoughtful and dispassionate attention in today's educational environment. The accountability and school reform policies that are put in place today will have wide-ranging and long-lasting consequences for all of the nation's learners. This volume stems from the 2003 Educational Testing Service Invitational Co
by Danica Kassebaum
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2018
Did you know that swimming pools are used to train astronauts? Athletes use swimming pools to train when they're injured, and doctors use them to help patients feel better. Learn how swimming pools and aquatic therapy help all kinds of people! Created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution,...
Constructing Measures
An Item Response Modeling Approach
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2004
Constructing Measures introduces a way to understand the advantages and disadvantages of measurement instruments, how to use such instruments, and how to apply these methods to develop new instruments or adapt old ones. The book is organized around the steps taken while constructing an instrument....