01774cam a2200289 a 4500003000800000005001700008007000300025008004100028020001800069020001500087020001800102040001700120041000800137050002300145082001100168100003000179245007900209260005700288300003500345504006600380505049300446520032500939650005501264650005301319650003001372856008201402BJBSDDR20250812095520.0ta071101s2008    mauab    b    001 0 eng    a9780674028050  a0674028058  a9780674035218  bspacBJBSDDR  aeng14aLB 3051bK84m 200800a371.261 aKoretz, Daniel M.,d1949-10aMeasuring up :bwhat educational testing really tells us /cDaniel Koretz.  aCambridge, Mass. :bHarvard University Press,c2008.  a353 p. :bill., maps ;c22 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [335]-343) and index.0 aIf 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.  aHow do you judge the quality of a school, a district, a teacher, a student? By the test scores, of course. Yet for all the talk, what educational tests can and can't tell you, and how scores can be misunderstood and misused, remains a mystery to most. This book demystifies educational testing - from MCAS to SAT to WAIS 0aEducational tests and measurementszUnited States. 4aMediciones y pruebas educativas zEstados Unidos 0aTest biaszUnited States.413Table of contents onlyuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip084/2007045473.html