High-stakes testing [[electronic resource] ] : coping with collateral damage / / R. Murray Thomas
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| Autore: |
Thomas R. Murray (Robert Murray), <1921->
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| Titolo: |
High-stakes testing [[electronic resource] ] : coping with collateral damage / / R. Murray Thomas
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| Pubblicazione: | Mahwah, N.J., : L. Erlbaum Associates, 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (340 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 371.26/0973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Educational tests and measurements - United States - Evaluation |
| Education - Standards - United States | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | High-stakes testing |
| ISBN: | 1-4106-1280-5 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910450483803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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