Testing student learning, evaluating teaching effectiveness /
This book takes a hard look at the professional, technical, and public policy issues surrounding student achievement and teacher effectiveness, and shows how testing and accountability can play a vital role in improving American schools.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Stanford, Calif. :
Hoover Institution Press,
2004
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| Series: | Hoover Institution Press publication ;
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction and overview / Williamson M. Evers, Herbert J. Walberg
- Examinations for educational productivity / Herbert J. Walberg
- Why testing experts hate testing / Richard P. Phelps
- Early reading assessment / Barbara R. Foorman, Jack M. Fletcher, David J. Francis
- Science and mathematics testing: what's right and wrong with the NAEP and the TIMSS? / Stan Metzenberg
- Telling lessons from the TIMSS videotape / Alan R. Siegel
- Portfolio assessment and education reform / Brian Stecher
- Using performance assessment for accountability purposes / William A. Mehrens
- Learning from Kentucky's failed accountability system / George K. Cunningham
- Accountability works in Texas / Darvin M. Winick, Sandy Kress.
