Assessment & Testing

Value-added models (VAMs) are methods meant to measure the value a teacher or school adds to student learning from one year to the next. To date, however, there is very little evidence to support their trustworthiness. The mission of this book is to shed light on this issue thereby improving states‘..

This second edition solidifies Setting Performance Standards as the only book providing a comprehensive profile of both the issues and the "how-to" methods that define this thorny field...

This second edition solidifies Setting Performance Standards as the only book providing a comprehensive profile of both the issues and the "how-to" methods that define this thorny field...

Sociocognitive Foundations of Educational Measurement integrates new developments in the fields of educational measurement and educational psychology in order to provide researchers, testing professionals, and students with an innovative socio-cognitive perspective on assessment...

Sociocognitive Foundations of Educational Measurement integrates new developments in the fields of educational measurement and educational psychology in order to provide researchers, testing professionals, and students with an innovative socio-cognitive perspective on assessment...

This book presents the results of a four-year, National Science Foundation-funded project that engaged nine high school biology teachers at three public high schools in long-term, on-site professional development program centered on a learning progression. It explores the influence of teacher partic..

This book explores the historical rise and modern landscape of accountability in American education, and examines current and future models of teacher evaluation...

Comprised of contributions from distinguished education scholars, Teachers, Teaching, and Reform takes a critical look at evidence about systemic efforts to identify excellent teachers and promote excellent teaching practices...

Recent reports of widespread problems with state student accountability tests and teacher certification testing have raised questions about the very validity of assessment programs. Few books outline the statistical procedures used for detecting various types of potential test fraud and the associat..

Recent reports of widespread problems with state student accountability tests and teacher certification testing have raised questions about the very validity of assessment programs. Few books outline the statistical procedures used for detecting various types of potential test fraud and the associat..

Testing and Inclusive Schooling provides a comparative perspective on seemingly incompatible global agendas and efforts to include all children in the general school system, thus reducing exclusion...

Around the globe, various kinds of testing have begun to steer educational systems in particular directions, having great effects on schools and on teacher practices, as well as upon student learning and curricula. The suggestion is that high stakes standardised testing will drive up standards and e..