01859cam a2200325 a 4500 BJBSDDR 20250812095520.0 ta 071101s2008 mauab b 001 0 eng 9780674028050 0674028058 9780674035218 spa BJBSDDR eng LB 3051 K84m 2008 371.26 Koretz, Daniel M., 1949- 7931 Measuring up : what educational testing really tells us / Daniel Koretz. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008. 353 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [335]-343) and index. 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. How 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 Educational tests and measurements United States. Mediciones y pruebas educativas Estados Unidos 1692 Test bias United States. Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip084/2007045473.html lcc BK lmm 69598 69598 0 0 0 0 HU BJB BJB HU 2023-04-10 0 LB 3051 K84m 2008 00000120805 2018-10-25 00:00:00 1 2018-10-25 BK