The mismeasure of education

With new student assessments and teacher evaluation schemes in the planning or early implementation phases, this book takes a step back to examine the ideological and historical grounding, potential benefits, scholarly evidence, and ethical basis for the new generation of test based accountability m...

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Main Authors Horn, Jim (Author), Wilburn, Denise (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : IAP, Information Age Publishing, Inc., [2013]
Subjects
Educational tests and measurements > United States.
Educational accountability > United States.
Educational change > United States.
Education > Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects.
Educational strategies and policy.
Philosophy and theory of education.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781806613496
DOI10.1108/978-1-62396-393-4
Physical Description1 online resource (xiv, 271 pages) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: The mismeasure of education
  • Where have we been and where are we going with educational assessment policy in U.S. schools?
  • The Tennessee case : who wins and who loses, and by what mechanism of power?
  • From the TVAAS to EVAAS : is it desirable?
  • What is to be done?
  • Epilogue: The mismeasure of education.

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