Making sense of test-based accountability in education

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: National Science Foundation U.S
Group Author: Hamilton Laura S; Stecher Brian M; Klein Stephen P 1938-
Published: Rand,
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.