Testing Measurement category: 779 books

Cover of Foundations of Psychological Testing
by Leslie A. Miller, Robert L. Lovler
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2018

Foundations of Psychological Testing: A Practical Approach by Leslie A. Miller and Robert L. Lovler presents a clear introduction to the basics of psychological testing as well as psychometrics and statistics. Aligned with the 2014 Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing, this practical...
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Unequal By Design

High-Stakes Testing and the Standardization of Inequality

by Wayne Au
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2010

Unequal By Design critically examines high-stakes standardized testing in order to illuminate what is really at stake for students, teachers, and communities negatively affected by such testing. This thoughtful analysis traces standardized testing’s origins in the Eugenics and Social Efficiency...
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Collateral Damage

How High-Stakes Testing Corrupts America's Schools

by Sharon L. Nichols, David C. Berliner
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2007

Drawing on their extensive research, Nichols and Berliner document and categorize the ways that high-stakes testing threatens the purposes and ideals of the American education system. For more than a decade, the debate over high-stakes testing has dominated the field of education. This passionate...
Cover of IQ Testing 101
by Dr. Alan S. Kaufman, PhD
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2009

Does your IQ really measure your intelligence? Is IQ genetic? Can your IQ vary? Do we get smarter or dumber as we get older? How will IQ tests be different in the future? Dr. Kaufman, a leading expert on the development of IQ tests, explores these critical questions and many more in IQ Testing 101....
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The Global Education Race

Taking the Measure of PISA and International Testing

by Sam Sellar, Greg Thompson, David Rutkowski
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2017

A global education race now pits countries, regions, and school systems against one another. The racecourse has been created by a small number of influential international testing programs, and the popular media announces winners and losers. Fear of falling behind haunts policy-makers and shapes educational...
Cover of Advancing Methodologies to Support Both Summative and Formative Assessments
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Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2014

Over the past thirty years, student assessment has become an increasingly important component of public education. A variety of methodologies in testing have been developed to obtain and interpret the wealth of assessment outcomes. As assessment goals are getting increasingly multifaceted, new testing...
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The ABCs of Educational Testing

Demystifying the Tools That Shape Our Schools

by W. James Popham
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2016

Amplify your assessment literacy. Formative, data-driven, high-stakes—we all know the buzzwords surrounding educational testing. But we often shelve our understanding of these because they are overwhelmingly complex. Those who care about our schools and students—teachers, administrators,...
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by Howard Wainer, Neil J. Dorans, Ronald Flaugher
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2000

This celebrated primer presents an introduction to all of the key ingredients in understanding computerized adaptive testing technology, test development, statistics, and mental test theory. Based on years of research, this accessible book educates the novice and serves as a compendium of state-of-the-art...
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Modern Psychometrics

The Science of Psychological Assessment

by John Rust, Susan Golombok
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2014

Today psychometrics plays an increasingly important role in all our lives as testing and assessment occurs from preschool until retirement. This book introduces the reader to the subject in all its aspects, ranging from its early history, school examinations, how to construct your own test, controversies...
Cover of The Effects of Standardized Testing
by T. Kelleghan, George F. Madaus, P.W. Airasian
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012

When George Bernard Shaw wrote his play, Pygmalion, he could hardly have foreseen the use of the concept of the self-fulfilling prophecy in debates about standardized testing in schools. Still less could he have foreseen that the validity of the concept would be examined many years later in Irish...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012

During the past two or three decades, research in cognitive science and psychology has yielded an improved understanding of the fundamental psychological nature of knowledge and cognitive skills that psychological testing attempts to measure. These theories have reached sufficient maturity, making...
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Psychological Testing in Everyday Life

History, Science, and Practice

by Karen B. (Beth) Goldfinger
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2018

Psychological Testing in Everyday Life explores how psychological testing is used in real-life settings tomake the study of psychometrics interesting, relevant, and highly accessible. Author Karen B. Goldfinger examines a broad range of carefully selected topics to capture student interest, encourage...
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Testing and Inclusive Schooling

International Challenges and Opportunities

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Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2018

Testing and Inclusive Schooling provides a comparative perspective on seemingly incompatible global agendas and efforts to include all children in the general school system, thus reducing exclusion. With an examination of the international testing culture and the politics of inclusion currently permeating...

IQ

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IQ

A Smart History of a Failed Idea

by Stephen Murdoch
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...
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