Testing Measurement category: 779 books
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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...
Large-scale Assessment Programs for All Students
Validity, Technical Adequacy, and Implementation
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
The need for a comprehensive volume that reviews both the processes and issues involved in developing, administering, and validating large-scale assessment programs has never been greater. These programs are used for many purposes, including instructional program evaluation, promotion, certification,...
Thinking Beyond the Test
Strategies for Re-Introducing Higher-Level Thinking Skills
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2016
In the wake of initiatives such as No Child Left Behind and the use of high-stakes testing, the emphasis in schools has been on drill and practice for the test. Genuine understanding and critical thinking have been increasingly shortchanged. As a result, students have fewer opportunities to advance...
Using Drawings in Clinical Practice
Enhancing Intake Interviews and Psychological Testing
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2016
Clinicians are always in need of enticing techniques to engage clients on a daily basis, especially those who are nonverbal or initially opposed to feedback. Using Drawings in Clinical Practice provides a rich variety of drawing directives to enhance the diagnostic process. In this highly illustrated...
by Hoi K. Suen
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
Based on a tremendous increase in the development of psychometric theories in the past decade -- ranging from techniques for criterion-referenced testing to behavioral assessment, generalizability, and item response theory -- this book offers a summary of core issues. In so doing, it provides a comprehensive...
by Rona F. Flippo
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2008
Improve students' test-taking success by teaching effective time management strategies, organizational skills, note-taking techniques, ways to handle test anxiety, and methods for taking essay and objective tests.
by Pier Paolo Cavagna
Language: Italian
Release Date: December 26, 2017
Language: Italian
Release Date: December 26, 2017
Test e Scienze dell’Educazione. Un rapporto travagliato, spesso contraddistinto da posizioni estreme. Oscillanti tra coloro i quali rifiutano aprioristicamente ogni ipotesi di uso, a coloro che nutrono un timore reverenziale per la tematica, passando per chi non ne conosce nemmeno l’esistenza...
by Tina Isaacs, Catherine Zara, Graham Herbert
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
Key Concepts in Educational Assessment provides expert definitions and interpretations of common terms within the policy and practice of educational assessment. Concepts such as validity, assessment for learning, measurement, comparability and differentiation are discussed, and there is broad coverage...
The Assessment of Emergent Bilinguals
Supporting English Language Learners
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2017
This textbook is a comprehensive introduction to the assessment of students in K-12 schools who use two or more languages in their daily life: English Language Learners (ELLs), or Emergent Bilinguals. The book includes a thorough examination of the policy, history and assessment/measurement issues...
TechnologyBased Assessments for 21st Century Skills
Theoretical and Practical Implications from Modern Research
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
Creative problem solving, collaboration, and technology fluency are core skills requisite of any nation’s workforce that strives to be competitive in the 21st Century. Teaching these types of skills is an economic imperative, and assessment is a fundamental component of any pedagogical program....
Rehabilitation and Health Assessment
Applying ICF Guidelines
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2009
"Mpofu and Oakland have given us a volume of exceptional clarity, depth, and breadth, one whose utility extends well beyond rehabilitation psychology. As such, Rehabilitation and Health Assessment: Applying ICF Guidelines will be an outstanding text for courses in assessment at all levels of...