Making sense of test-based accountability in education
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Group Author: | ; ; |
Published: |
Rand,
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Publisher Address: | Santa Monica, CA |
Publication Dates: | 2002. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | xxi, 168 p.: ill. ; 23 cm. |
ISBN: | 0833031619 (pbk.) |
Index Number: | G424 |
CLC: |
G424.74-171.2 G424.75-171.2 |
Call Number: | G424.74-171.2/M235 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-168). Introduction -- Tests and their use in test-based accountability systems -- Technical criteria for evaluating tests -- Consequences of large-scale, high-stakes testing on school and classroom practice -- Accountability as seen through a political lens -- Improving test-based accountability. |