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Incentives and Test-Based Accountability in Education
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Hout, Michael, Ed.; Elliott, Stuart W., Ed. – National Academies Press, 2011
In recent years there have been increasing efforts to use accountability systems based on large-scale tests of students as a mechanism for improving student achievement. The federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) is a prominent example of such an effort, but it is only the continuation of a steady trend toward greater test-based accountability in…
Descriptors: Accountability, Measurement, Motivation, Elementary Secondary Education
Using and Developing Measurement Instruments in Science Education: A Rasch Modeling Approach. Science & Engineering Education Sources
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Liu, Xiufeng – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2010
This book meets a demand in the science education community for a comprehensive and introductory measurement book in science education. It describes measurement instruments reported in refereed science education research journals, and introduces the Rasch modeling approach to developing measurement instruments in common science assessment domains,…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Textbooks, Research Methodology, Science Tests
From Testing to Productive Student Learning: Implementing Formative Assessment in Confucian-Heritage Settings. Routledge Research in Education
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Carless, David – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2010
Research evidence indicates that formative assessment is one of the most effective ways of enhancing student learning. It is, however, difficult to implement successfully, principally because what is tested through summative assessment has such a powerful influence on teacher and student actions. This book scrutinizes the relationship between…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cultural Influences, Formative Evaluation, Educational Testing
Put Thinking to the Test
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Conrad, Lori L.; Matthews, Missy; Zimmerman, Cheryl; Allen, Patrick A. – Stenhouse Publishers, 2008
Just as comprehension strategies have helped millions of students learn to read like proficient readers, they can also help students think like effective test-takers. The authors show how students can use background knowledge, mental images, synthesizing, monitoring, inferring, questioning, and determining of importance to understand the genre of…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Items, Problem Solving, Thinking Skills
Social Studies 33 Diploma Examination Results. Examiners' Report for January 1997.
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Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Student Evaluation Branch. – 1997
This report provides teachers, school administrators, students, and the general public with a summarized overview of results from the January 1997 administration of the Social Studies 33 Diploma Examination. The summary is divided into: (1) description of the examination; (2) achievement of standards; (3) provincial averages; (4) multiple-choice…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Education, Educational Testing, Evaluation
Making Minds Less Well Educated Than Our Own
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Schank, Roger C. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2004
In the author's words: "This book is an honest attempt to understand what it means to be educated in today's world." His argument is this: No matter how important science and technology seem to industry or government or indeed to the daily life of people, as a society we believe that those educated in literature, history, and other humanities are…
Descriptors: Experimental Curriculum, Instructional Design, Standardized Tests, Educational Change