what educational testing really tells us Koretz, Daniel M. 1949- creator text bibliography mau Cambridge, Mass Harvard University Press 2008 monographic eng

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353 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm. 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 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. Daniel Koretz. Includes bibliographical references (p. [335]-343) and index. Educational tests and measurements United States Mediciones y pruebas educativas Estados Unidos Test bias United States LB 3051 K84m 2008 371.26 9780674028050 0674028058 9780674035218 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip084/2007045473.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip084/2007045473.html 071101 20250812095520.0 spa