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Achievement testing in U.S. elementary and secondary schools
- Title
- Achievement testing in U.S. elementary and secondary schools / Joan M. Baker.
- Author
- Baker, Joan M. (Joan Maureen), 1935-
- Publication
- New York : P. Lang, ©2006.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | LB3060.3 .B35 2006 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- x, 125 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- "The concept and results of achievement testing are the subject of serious conversation for many Americans - from educators to legislators. However, few teachers and parents view such testing as an integral part of teaching and learning. Testing standards of key education organizations and opinions of concerned citizens may be fleeting guides. The history of testing, the process for developing a formal test, testing abuse, misuse, and limitations are not widely known or understood even though we realize that testing is critical and here to stay.
- Achievement Testing explains the complicated concepts in a clear and user-friendly way to beginning teachers and students, as well as to experienced teachers who are looking for guidance in the ever-changing educational landscape."--Jacket.
- Subject
- Achievement tests > United States
- Educational tests and measurements > United States
- Achievement tests
- Educational tests and measurements
- Grundschule > USA > Schulleistungstest
- Schulleistungstest > Grundschule > USA
- Sekundarstufe > USA > Schulleistungstest
- Schulleistungstest > Sekundarstufe > USA
- Education
- Social Sciences
- Theory & Practice of Education
- United States
- USA > Grundschule > Schulleistungstest
- USA > Sekundarstufe > Schulleistungstest
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- Looking at the history of testing -- Examining the birth of the achievement tests--informal and formal -- Exploring the completion of the formal achievement test -- Peering through the kaleidoscope of tests and their uses and result -- Viewing achievement tests through the eyes of professional organizations and other stakeholders -- Analyzing the qualities of fair assessments -- Visiting achievement test misuses and abuses -- Accepting achievement tests as a way of life.
- ISBN
- 0820476315
- 9780820476315
- LCCN
- 2004027262
- OCLC
- ocm57170258
- 57170258
- SCSB-8905242
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library