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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456918103321

Autore

Popham W. James

Titolo

The truth about testing [[electronic resource] ] : an educator's call to action / / James W. Popham

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Alexandria, Va., : Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development, 2001

ISBN

0-87120-913-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (175 p.)

Soggetti

Educational tests and measurements - United States

Education - Standards - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover ""; ""Title Page ""; ""Copyright ""; ""Table of Contents ""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: How We Arrived at This Unhappy Place""; ""Chapter 1: Classroom Consequences of Unsound High-Stakes Testing""; ""Chapter 2: Why We Test""; ""Chapter 3: The Mystique of Standardized Measuring Instruments""; ""Chapter 4: Confounded Causality""; ""Chapter 5: Creating Large-Scale Tests That Illuminate Instructional Decisions""; ""Chapter 6: Getting Maximum Instructional Mileage Out of Classroom Assessment""; ""Chapter 7: Collecting Credible Evidence of Instructional Effectiveness""

""Chapter 8: Wrapping Up with Action Options""""References and Resources""; ""Index""; ""About the Author""; ""Related ASCD Resources""; ""Search this Book""