Measuring up : what educational testing really tells us /

Main Author: Koretz, Daniel M.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008.
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245 1 |a Measuring up :  |b what educational testing really tells us /  |c Daniel Koretz. 
260 1 |a Cambridge, Mass. :  |b Harvard University Press,  |c 2008. 
300 1 |a 353 p. :  |b ill., maps ;  |c 22 cm. 
504 1 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [335]-343) and index. 
505 1 |a If only it were so simple -- What is a test? -- What we measure: just how good is the sample? -- The evolution of American testing -- What test scores tell us about American kids -- What influences test scores, or how not to pick a school -- Error and reliability: how much we don't know what we're talking about -- Reporting performance: standards and scales -- Validity -- Inflated test scores -- Adverse impact and bias -- Testing students with special needs -- Sensible uses of tests. 
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650 1 |a Test bias  |z United States. 
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