1.

Record Nr.

UNIBAS000012054

Autore

Cane, Giampiero

Titolo

Canto nero / Giampiero Cane

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bologna : CLUEB, stampa1982

Descrizione fisica

269 p. ; 22 cm.

Disciplina

781.65

Soggetti

Jazz

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910462110103321

Autore

Walberg Herbert J. <1937->

Titolo

Tests, testing, and genuine school reform [[electronic resource] /] / Herbert J. Walberg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, Calif., : Education Next Books, c2011

ISBN

0-8179-1356-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (119 p.)

Collana

Hoover Institution Press publication ; ; no. 610

Disciplina

371.260973

Soggetti

Educational tests and measurements - United States

Education - Standards - United States

Educational change - United States

School improvement programs - 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 bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes bibliographical references and  index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Acknowledgments; Book Title; Copyright; Contents;



Acknowledgments; 1.  Introduction and Overview; 2.  Why Tests are Necessary; 3.  Well-Made Tests; 4.  Types and Uses of Achievement Tests; 5.  Preparing Standardized Achievement Tests; 6.  Tests as Incentives; 7.  Preventing Test Fraud; 8.  Standards and Testing; 9.  Using Tests to Raise Student Achievement; 10.  Conclusion; About the Author; About the Hoover Institution'sKoret Task Force on K-12 Education; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The author draws on scientific studies of tests and their uses to show how standardized achievement tests must play a central role in improving achievement in K-12 schools. He explains the central considerations in developing and evaluating tests and tells how tests can best be best used, covering such topics as using tests for student incentives, paying teachers for performance, and using tests in efforts to attain new state and national standards.