Tests, testing, and genuine school reform / / Herbert J. Walberg

• Autore: Walberg Herbert J. <1937->
• Pubblicazione: Stanford, Calif., : Education Next Books, c2011
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (119 p.)
• Disciplina: 371.260973
• Soggetto topico: Educational tests and measurements - United States; Education - Standards - United States; Educational change - United States; School improvement programs - United States
• Classificazione: EDU030000
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Tests, testing, and genuine school reform
• ISBN: 0-8179-1356-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910817273603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Hoover Institution Press publication ; ; 610.