"Education Reform Testing Measurement" downloads

Moves to develop indicators about school effectiveness and performance have been driven by national trends and debates about performance and...

As the commitment to performance assessments as a strategy of reform has increased across the nation, so has the controversy...

Preparing Students for College and Careers addresses measurement and research issues related to college and career readiness. Educational reform efforts...

This book describes a comprehensive school reform approach that reduces resistance to school reform and increases the likelihood of creating...

The National Assessments of Educational Achievement Series introduces readers to key concepts and issues related to assessments of student achievement...

Using Test Data for Student Achievement shows educators, step by step, how to use test data to facilitate student learning....

The Importance of Average drives home the reality that average intellectual ability is not synonymous with mediocrity. Under the right...

In an effort to address the problems confronting the American education system, the Obama administration has issued structural and systematic...

For 160 years, North American children have been subject to compulsory schooling. Formal education has evolved some over that time,...

With the current push toward educational reform, there is great potential for innovation and change, particularly in large scale testing....

The author draws on scientific studies of tests and their uses to show how standardized achievement tests must play a...

There are dozens of myths surrounding educational reform today, maintaining the school's role in economic competitiveness, the deficiency of teachers,...

What purpose does educational assessment serve? Are the same instruments suitable for different purposes? How much trust can we place...

Stop High-Stakes Testing: An Appeal to America's Conscience is a compelling indictment of the use of high-stakes assessments with punitive...

Parents had questions about the tests their children took at school. They considered them to be common sense questions. They...

Testing in U.S. public schools is out of control. The stress and pressures for all involved have effects that are...

In this era of accountability and high-stakes testing, school leaders must find more sophisticated ways to help all students succeed....