Koretz, Daniel M.
Measuring up : what educational testing really tells us / Daniel Koretz. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008. - 353 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [335]-343) and index.
If only it were so simple -- What is a test? -- What we measure: just how good is the sample? -- The evolution of American testing -- What test scores tell us about American kids -- What influences test scores, or how not to pick a school -- Error and reliability: how much we don't know what we're talking about -- Reporting performance: standards and scales -- Validity -- Inflated test scores -- Adverse impact and bias -- Testing students with special needs -- Sensible uses of tests.
9780674028050 (cloth : alk. paper) 0674028058 (cloth : alk. paper)
2007045473
GBA848085 bnb
014566945 Uk
Educational tests and measurements--United States.
Test bias--United States.
LB3051 / .K667 2008
371.26
Measuring up : what educational testing really tells us / Daniel Koretz. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008. - 353 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [335]-343) and index.
If only it were so simple -- What is a test? -- What we measure: just how good is the sample? -- The evolution of American testing -- What test scores tell us about American kids -- What influences test scores, or how not to pick a school -- Error and reliability: how much we don't know what we're talking about -- Reporting performance: standards and scales -- Validity -- Inflated test scores -- Adverse impact and bias -- Testing students with special needs -- Sensible uses of tests.
9780674028050 (cloth : alk. paper) 0674028058 (cloth : alk. paper)
2007045473
GBA848085 bnb
014566945 Uk
Educational tests and measurements--United States.
Test bias--United States.
LB3051 / .K667 2008
371.26