[PDF] Naeps Constituents What Do They Want Report Of The National Assessment Of Educational Progress Constituents Survey And Focus Groups eBook

Author : Craig S. Wells
Publisher : Guilford Publications
Page : 513 pages
File Size : 22,20 MB
Release : 2016-04-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1462525628

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This book introduces and explores major topics in contemporary educational measurement: criterion-referenced testing, item response theory (IRT), computer-based testing, cross-lingual and cross-cultural assessment, and accountability testing. Psychometric experts describe forward-looking measurement practices and provide a contextualized understanding of how and why they were developed, how they can be used, and where they may go in the future. In addition to presenting key concepts and formulas, the volume covers established and emerging applications and discusses recurrent challenges that require additional research. A helpful glossary of abbreviations is included. The book is grounded in the work of Ronald K. Hambleton.

Author : Marielle Simon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 46,96 MB
Release : 2012-08-21
Category : Education
ISBN : 113657834X

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Large-scale assessments (LSAs) play a growing role in education policy decisions, accountability, and education planning worldwide. This book focuses on central issues that are key components of successful planning, development and implementation of LSAs. The book’s main distinction is its focus on practice- based, cutting-edge research. This is achieved by having chapters co-authored by world-class researchers in collaboration with measurement practitioners. The result is a how-to book whose language is accessible to practitioners and graduate students as well as academics. No other book so thoroughly covers current issues in the field of large-scale assessment. An introductory chapter is followed by sixteen chapters that each focus on a specific issue. The content is prescriptive and didactic in nature but based on the most recent scientific research. It includes successful experiences, exemplary practices, training modules, interesting breakthroughs or alternatives, and promising innovations regarding large-scale assessments. Finally, it covers meaningful topics that are currently taking center stage such as motivating students, background questionnaires, comparability of different linguistic versions of assessments, and cognitive modeling of learning and assessment.

Author : Committee on Equivalency and Linkage of Educational Tests
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 45,66 MB
Release : 1998-12-14
Category : Education
ISBN : 0309524989

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The issues surrounding the comparability of various tests used to assess performance in schools received broad public attention during congressional debate over the Voluntary National Tests proposed by President Clinton in his 1997 State of the Union Address. Proponents of Voluntary National Tests argue that there is no widely understood, challenging benchmark of individual student performance in 4th-grade reading and 8th-grade mathematics, thus the need for a new test. Opponents argue that a statistical linkage among tests already used by states and districts might provide the sort of comparability called for by the president's proposal. Public Law 105-78 requested that the National Research Council study whether an equivalency scale could be developed that would allow test scores from existing commercial tests and state assessments to be compared with each other and with the National Assessment of Education Progress. In this book, the committee reviewed research literature on the statistical and technical aspects of creating valid links between tests and how the content, use, and purposes of education testing in the United States influences the quality and meaning of those links. The book summarizes relevant prior linkage studies and presents a picture of the diversity of state testing programs. It also looks at the unique characteristics of the National Assessment of Educational Progress. Uncommon Measures provides an answer to the question posed by Congress in Public Law 105-78, suggests criteria for evaluating the quality of linkages, and calls for further research to determine the level of precision needed to make inferences about linked tests. In arriving at its conclusions, the committee acknowledged that ultimately policymakers and educators must take responsibility for determining the degree of imprecision they are willing to tolerate in testing and linking. This book provides science-based information with which to make those decisions.

Author : John T. Guthrie
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 38,50 MB
Release : 2007-12-06
Category : Education
ISBN : 1452297983

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With contributions from content teachers, this insightful book discusses instructional approaches, student activities, and textbooks that can motivate reluctant learners to become active readers.

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Page : 80 pages
File Size : 45,28 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Education
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Since 1969, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) has worked to provide reliable information on the academic performance of U.S. students in various subjects. This document is the most comprehensive listing of government-funded NAEP publications. By cataloguing this collection, the directory provides something of a history of the NAEP. Publications are organized by publication year and grouped into the following categories: (1) national reports; (2) state reports; (3) abbreviated documents; (4) technical reports; (5) focused reports and special studies; (6) conference proceedings and commissioned papers; (7) NAEP evaluation studies and grant publications; and (8) subject area objectives, frameworks, and achievement levels. Each publication category is preceded by descriptions of content, purposes, and intended audiences. (SLD)