1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910693296103321

Autore

Steinwald Bruce

Titolo

Medicare physician payments [[electronic resource] ] : considerations for reforming the sustainable growth rate system : testimony before the Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives / / statement of A. Bruce Steinwald

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.] : , : U.S. Government Accountability Office, , [2005]

Collana

Testimony ; ; GAO-05-326 T

Soggetti

Medicare

Medical fees - United States - Evaluation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed on Feb. 14, 2004).

"For release ... February 10, 2005."

Paper version available from: U.S. Government Accountability Office, 441 G St., NW, Rm. LM, Washington, D.C. 20548.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910783699303321

Autore

Thomas R. Murray (Robert Murray), <1921-2016.>

Titolo

High-stakes testing [[electronic resource] ] : coping with collateral damage / / R. Murray Thomas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Mahwah, N.J., : L. Erlbaum Associates, 2005

ISBN

1-135-60173-9

1-4106-1280-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (340 p.)

Disciplina

371.26/0973

Soggetti

Educational tests and measurements - United States - Evaluation

Education - Standards - United States

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 (p. 287-315) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: The Nature of Collateral Damage; Part I: Tasks of the Testing Game; Part II: The Testing Game's Players; References; Name Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

The federal government's No Child Left Behind Act has thrust high-stakes testing - its goals, methods, and consequences - into the educational limelight. The four-fold purpose of this book is to: describe the nature of high-stakes testing; identify types of collateral damage that have attended the testing programs; analyze methods different groups of people have chosen for coping with the damage and suggest lessons to be learned from the high-stakes-testing experience. The six groups of people whose coping strategies are inspected include: politicians and their staffs; educational ad