LEADER 02891nam 2200625 a 450 001 9910481004703321 005 20170816123402.0 010 $a1-4522-7896-2 010 $a1-322-30703-2 010 $a1-4522-3231-8 010 $a1-4522-6690-5 035 $a(CKB)2550000000108016 035 $a(EBL)996796 035 $a(OCoLC)809772678 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000675697 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12246791 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000675697 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10669570 035 $a(PQKB)11219454 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC996796 035 $a(OCoLC)809969709 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000063695 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000108016 100 $a20120319d2007 fy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aInterpreting standardized test scores$b[electronic resource] $estrategies for data-driven instructional decision making /$fCraig A. Mertler 210 $aLondon $cSAGE$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (273 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4129-3718-3 311 $a1-4129-3719-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 245-246) and index. 327 $aCOVER; TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE; SECTION I: Overview of Standardized Testing; Module 1: WHAT IS"STANDARDIZED" TESTING?; Module 2: THE IMPORTANCE OF STANDARDIZED TESTING; Module 3: STANDARDIZED TEST ADMINISTRATION AND PREPARATION; SECTION II: Standardized Test Scores and Their Interpretations; Module 4: TEST REPORTS; Module 5: CRITERION-REFERENCED TEST SCORES AND THEIR INTERPRETATIONS; Module 6: NORM-REFERENCED TEST SCORES AND THEIR INTERPRETATIONS; SECTION III: Using Standardized Test Scores in Instructional Decision Making; Module 7: GROUP-LEVEL DECISION MAKING 327 $aModule 8: STUDENT-LEVEL DECISION MAKINGModule 9: VALUE-ADDED ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION; SECTION IV: Case Studies; GLOSSARY; REFERENCES; INDEX; ABOUT THE AUTHOR 330 8 $aThe basic purpose of this book is to provide teachers and administrators with a manual, of sorts, designed to help them understand the nature of standardised tests and, in particular the scores that result from them. 606 $aEducational tests and measurements$zUnited States$xInterpretation 606 $aExaminations$zUnited States$xInterpretation 606 $aTeaching$xDecision making 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEducational tests and measurements$xInterpretation. 615 0$aExaminations$xInterpretation. 615 0$aTeaching$xDecision making. 676 $a371.26 676 $a371.262 700 $aMertler$b Craig A$01033845 801 0$bStDuBDS 801 1$bStDuBDS 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910481004703321 996 $aInterpreting standardized test scores$92452606 997 $aUNINA LEADER 03536nam 2200625 a 450 001 9910454665803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-56549-349-4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000821620 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000361295 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12111228 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000361295 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10348789 035 $a(PQKB)11690778 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3328905 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC466664 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3328905 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10364142 035 $a(OCoLC)609846795 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL466664 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000821620 100 $a20090424d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHow the aid industry works$b[electronic resource] $ean introduction to international development /$fArjan de Haan 210 $aSterling, VA $cKumarian Press$d2009 215 $axvi, 237 p. ;$d23 cm 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-56549-288-9 311 $a1-56549-287-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aWhy is aid contested? -- The aid industry defined -- The evolution in thinking about aid and international development -- Development projects: rationale and critique -- Hard-nosed development: reforms, adjustment, governance -- Country-led approaches and donor coordination -- Development's poor cousins: environment, gender, participation, and rights -- What works in the aid industry? What doesn't? How do we know? -- Challenges for the aid industry in the twenty-first century. 330 $aInternational development is big business. Official global aid flows from North to South are over 100 billion annually. China and India, former aid recipients, are rapidly entering the field as aid providers themselves, and international charity is being redefined with the resources of private donors like the Gates Foundation, for example, outstripping the annual budget of long-time donors like the UK, Canada or the World Health Organization. Lacking in the literature on international development is an introductory text that provides an overview of the practices of the "business" of development. How the Aid Industry Works provides a basic description of what aid practices are and how they evolved. The arguments of both proponents and opponents of aid are presented and analyzed, along with real-life examples of projects and programs in context. 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Laudon 205 $aEleventh edition, Global edition. 210 1$aHarlow, England :$cPearson,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (504 pages) $cillustrations (some color), tables 225 1 $aAlways Learning 311 $a1-292-01957-3 311 $a1-322-14423-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover -- Title Page -- Complete Contents -- I Information Systems in the Digital Age -- 1 Business Information Systems in Your Career -- Chapter-Opening Case:Rugby Football Union Tries Big Data -- 1.1 The Role of Information Systems in Business Today -- How Information Systems Are Transforming Business -- What's New in Management Information Systems? -- Interactive Session: People Meet the New Mobile Workers -- Globalization Challenges and Opportunities: A Flattened World -- Business Drivers of Information Systems -- 1.2 Perspectives on Information Systems and Information Technology -- What Is an Information System? -- It Isn't Simply Technology: The Role of People and Organizations -- Dimensions of Information Systems -- 1.3 Understanding Information Systems: A Business Problem-Solving Approach -- The Problem-Solving Approach -- Interactive Session: Technology UPS Competes Globally with Information Technology -- A Model of the Problem-Solving Process -- The Role of Critical Thinking in Problem Solving -- The Connection Between Business Objectives,Problems, and Solutions -- 1.4 Information Systemsand Your Career -- How Information Systems Will Affect Business Careers -- Information Systems and Your Career: Wrap-Up -- How This Book Prepares You For the Future -- Review Summary -- Key Terms -- Review Questions -- Discussion Questions -- Hands-On MIS Projects -- Management Decision Problems -- Improving Decision Making: Using Databases to Analyze Sales Trends -- Improving Decision Making: Using the Internet to Locate Jobs Requiring Information Systems Knowledge -- Collaboration and Teamwork Project -- Business Problem-Solving Case A New Look at Electronic Medical Records -- 2 Global E-business and Collaboration -- Chapter-Opening Case:Social Networking Takes Off at Kluwer -- 2.1 Components of a Business. 327 $aOrganizing a Business: Basic Business Functions -- Business Processes -- Managing a Business and Firm Hierarchies -- The Business Environment -- The Role of Information Systems in a Business -- 2.2 Types of Business Information Systems -- Systems for Different Management Groups -- Interactive Session: Organizations Vail Ski Resorts Goes High-Tech for High Touch -- Interactive Session: People Piloting Procter and Gamblefrom Decision Cockpits -- Systems for Linking the Enterprise -- E-Business, E-Commerce,and E-Government -- 2.3 Systems for Collaboration and Social Business -- What Is Collaboration? -- What Is Social Business? -- Business Benefits of Collaboration and Social Business -- Building a Collaborative Culture and Business Processes -- Tools and Technologies for Collaboration and Social Business -- 2.4 The Information Systems Function in Business -- The Information Systems Department -- Information Systems Services -- Review Summary -- Key Terms -- Review Questions -- Discussion Questions -- Hands-On MIS Projects -- Management Decision Problems -- Improving Decision Making: Using a Spreadsheet to Select Suppliers -- Achieving Operational Excellence: Using Internet Software to Plan Efficient Transportation Routes -- Collaboration and Teamwork Project -- Business Problem-Solving Case Modernization of NTUC Income -- 3 Achieving Competitive Advantage with Information Systems -- Chapter-Opening Case:Grupo Modelo: Competing on Processes -- 3.1 Using Information Systems to Achieve Competitive Advantage -- Porter's Competitive Forces Model -- Information System Strategies for Dealing with Competitive Forces -- The Internet's Impact on Competitive Advantage -- The Business Value Chain Model -- Interactive Session: Technology Auto Makers Become Software Companies -- Synergies, Core Competencies, and Network-Based Strategies. 327 $aDisruptive Technologies: Riding the Wave -- 3.2 Competing on a Global Scale -- The Internet and Globalization -- Global Business and System Strategies -- Global System Configuration -- 3.3 Competing on Quality and Design -- What Is Quality? -- How Information Systems Improve Quality -- 3.4 Competing on Business Processes -- What is Business Process Management? -- Interactive Session:Organizations New Systems and Business Processes Put MoneyGram "On the Money" -- Review Summary -- Key Terms -- Review Questions -- Discussion Questions -- Hands-On MIS Projects -- Management Decision Problems -- Improving Decision Making: Using a Database to Clarify Business Strategy -- Improving Decision Making: Using Web Tools to Configure and Price an Automobile -- Collaboration and Teamwork Project -- Business Problem-Solving Case Can This Bookstore Be Saved? -- 4 Ethical and Social Issues in Information Systems -- Chapter-Opening Case:Content Pirates Sail the Web -- 4.1 Understanding Ethical and Social Issues Related to Systems -- A Model for Thinking About Ethical, Social, and Political Issues -- Five Moral Dimensions of the Information Age -- Key Technology Trends That Raise Ethical Issues -- 4.2 Ethics in an Information Society -- Basic Concepts: Responsibility, Accountability, and Liability -- Ethical Analysis -- Candidate Ethical Principles -- Professional Codes of Conduct -- Some Real-World Ethical Dilemmas -- 4.3 The Moral Dimensions of Information Systems -- Information Rights: Privacy and Freedom in the Internet Age -- Interactive Session: Technology Big Data Gets Personal: Behavioral Targeting -- Property Rights:Intellectual Property -- Accountability,Liability, and Control -- System Quality: Data Quality and System Errors -- Quality of Life: Equity,Access, and Boundaries -- Interactive Session: Organizations Wasting Time: The New Digital Divide. 327 $aReview Summary -- Key Terms -- Review Questions -- Discussion Questions -- Hands-On MIS Projects -- Management Decision Problems -- Achieving Operational Excellence: Creating a Simple Blog -- Improving Decision Making: Using Internet Newsgroups for Online Market Research -- Collaboration and Teamwork Project -- Business Problem-Solving Case Facebook: It's About the Money -- II Information Technology Infrastructure -- 5 IT Infrastructure:Hardware and Software -- Chapter-Opening Case:Portugal Telecom Offers IT Infrastructure For Sale -- 5.1 IT Infrastructure:Computer Hardware -- Infrastructure Components -- Types of Computers -- Storage, Input, and Output Technology -- Contemporary Hardware Trends -- Interactive Session: Technology The Greening of the Data Center -- 5.2 IT Infrastructure: Computer Software -- Operating System Software -- Application Software and Desktop Productivity Tools -- HTML and HTML5 -- Web Services -- SoftwareTrends -- 5.3 Managing Hardware and Software Technology -- Capacity Planning and Scalability -- Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of Technology Assets -- Using Technology Service Providers -- Managing Mobile Platforms -- Interactive Session: People The Pleasures and Pitfalls of BYOD -- Managing Software Localization for Global Business -- Review Summary -- Key Terms -- Review Questions -- Discussion Questions -- Hands-On MIS Projects -- Management Decision Problems -- Improving Decision Making: Using a Spreadsheet to Evaluate Hardware and Software Options -- Improving Decision Making: Using Web Research to Budget for a Sales Conference -- Collaboration and Teamwork Project -- Business Problem-Solving Case Is It Time for Cloud Computing? -- 6 Foundations of Business Intelligence:Databases and Information Management -- Chapter-Opening Case:BAE Systems -- 6.1 The Database Approach to Data Management -- Entities and Attributes. 327 $aOrganizing Data in a Relational Database -- Establishing Relationships -- 6.2 Database Management Systems -- Operations of a Relational DBMS -- Capabilities of Database Management Systems -- Non-Relational Databases and Databases in the Cloud -- 6.3 Using Databases to Improve Business Performance and Decision Making -- The Challenge of Big Data -- Business Intelligence Infrastructure -- Analytical Tools: Relationships,Patterns, Trends -- Interactive Session: Organizations Business Intelligence Helps the Cincinnati Zoo Know Its Customers -- Databases and the Web -- 6.4 Managing Data Resources -- Establishing an Information Policy -- Ensuring Data Quality -- Review Summary -- Interactive Session: People American Water Keeps Data Flowing -- Key Terms -- Review Questions -- Discussion Questions -- Hands-On MIS Projects -- Management Decision Problems -- Achieving Operational Excellence: Building a Relational Database for Inventory Management -- Improving Decision Making: Searching Online Databases For Overseas Business Resources -- Collaboration and Teamwork Project -- Business Problem-Solving Case Does Big Data Bring Big Rewards? -- 7 Telecommunications, the Internet, and Wireless Technology -- Chapter-Opening Case:RFID and Wireless Technology Speed Up Production at Continental Tires -- 7.1 Telecommunications and Networking in Today's Business World -- Networking and Communication Trends -- What is a Computer Network? -- Key Digital Networking Technologies -- 7.2 Communications Networks -- Signals: Digital vs. Analog -- Types of Networks -- Transmission Media and Transmission Speed -- 7.3 The Global Internet -- What Is the Internet? -- Internet Addressing and Architecture -- Interactive Session: OrganizationsThe Battle over Net Neutrality -- Internet Services and Communication Tools. 327 $aInteractive Session: People Monitoring Employees on Networks: Unethical or Good Business?. 330 $aFor undergraduate and graduate MIS courses. 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