State assessment systems:exploring best practices and innovations : summary of two workshops
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National Academies Press,
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Publisher Address: | Washington, D.C. |
Publication Dates: | c2010. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | xiii, 142 p.: ill. ; 23 cm. |
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0309161762 9780309161763 |
Index Number: | G571 |
CLC: | G571.2-532 |
Call Number: | G571.2-532/S797/2010 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 113-119). Introduction -- Improving assessments: questions and possibilities -- Recent innovative assessments -- Political experiences and considerations -- Coherent assessment systems -- Opportunities for better assessment -- Making use of assessment information -- Challenges of developing new assessments -- Research needs. "Educators and policy makers in the United States have relied on tests to measure educational progress for more than 150 years, and have used the results for many purposes. They have tried minimum competency testing; portfolios; multiple-choice items, brief and extended constructed-response items; and more. They have contended with concerns about student privacy, test content, and equity."--Publisher's description. |