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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785542103321

Titolo

Improving large-scale assessment in education : theory, issues, and practice / / edited by Marielle Simon, Kadriye Ercikan, and Michel Rousseau

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-136-57834-X

1-283-58547-2

9786613897923

0-203-15451-7

1-136-57835-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (317 p.)

Classificazione

EDU030000

Altri autori (Persone)

ErcikanKadriye

RousseauMichel <1971->

SimonMarielle

Disciplina

371.26

Soggetti

Educational tests and measurements - Methodology

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.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Assessment design, development, and delivery -- pt. 2. Assessing diverse populations -- pt. 3. Scoring, score reporting, and use of scores -- pt. 4. Psychometric modeling and statistical analysis.

Sommario/riassunto

"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"--