362 Pages
by
Psychology Press
362 Pages
by
Psychology Press
362 Pages
by
Psychology Press
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The education reform movement of the past two decades has focused on raising academic standards. Some standards advocates attach a testing mechanism to gauge the extent to which high standards are actually accomplished, whereas some critics accuse the push for standards and testing of impeding reform and perpetuating inequality. At the same time, the testing profession has produced advances in the... Read more
Contents: Foreword. J.J. Fremer, Introduction and Overview. R.P. Phelps, Persistently Positive: Forty Years of Public Opinion on Standardized Testing. G.J. Cizek, High-Stakes Testing: Contexts, Characteristics, Critiques, and Consequences. R.P. Phelps, The Rich, Robust Research Literature on Testing's Achievement Benefits. D. Goodman, R.K. Hambleton, Some Misconceptions About Large-Scale Educational Assessments. S.G. Sireci, The Most Frequently Unasked Questions About Testing. G.K. Cunningham, Must High Stakes Mean Low Quality? Some Testing Program Implementation Issues. C.W. Buckendahl, R. Hunt, Whose Rules? The Relation Between the "Rules" and "Law" of Testing. L. Crocker, Teaching for the Test: How and Why Test Preparation Is Appropriate. B.S. Plake, Doesn't Everybody Know That 70% Is Passing? K.F. Geisinger, The Testing Industry, Ethnic Minorities and Individuals With Disabilities. D. Rogosa, A School Accountability Case Study: California API Awards and the Orange County Register Margin of Error Folly. M.L. Bourque, Leave No Standardized Test Behind. Appendices.
Biography
Richard Phelps
"...an easy to read book...This book provides a balanced approach to understanding the role of testing in general and standardized testing in particular. It will help the reader identify and understand some of the current debates within the community of testing experts."
—PsycCRITIQUES
