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Educational Assessment Tests and Measurements in the Age of Accountability

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ISBN-10: 1412949173

ISBN-13: 9781412949170

Edition: 2008

Authors: Robert J. Wright

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Grounded in the real world of public schools and students, this engaging, insightful, and highly readable text introduces the inner-workings of K12 educational assessment. Key Features + Covers traditional topics in an approachable and understandable way: Reliability, validity, performance assessments, standardized achievement tests, and many more topics are included. Analyzes and interprets hot-button issues of todays complex measurement concerns: The score-gap, high-stakes testing, grade retention, drop-out crises, academic redshirting,, diversity, family influence, and educational technology, are examined. Relates theory to practice: Each chapter includes relevant…    
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List price: $218.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/21/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 664
Size: 7.55" wide x 9.50" long x 1.05" tall
Weight: 2.860
Language: English

Robert Wright earned a Bachelor's degree in Chemistry from Kutztown University of Pennsylvania in 1966, and began teaching high school science. A few years later in 1969 he earned a Masters degree in school counseling from West Chester University and was employed as a public school counselor, first with high school students and later with middle school students. In 1974 he completed a doctorate (Ph.D.) in Educational Psychology with specializations in child & adolescent development and educational measurement from Temple University. As part of that degree he completed a clinical fellowship in rehabilitation counseling at Moss Hospital, part of the Albert Einstein Medical Center…    

Preface
Educational Assessment in America: History, Goals, and Applications
Issues and Measurement Practices in the Schools
Issues and Themes
Learning Objectives
Accountability, Assessment, and Testing
Why do we Test?
Types and Varieties of Tests
Assumptions Made by Test Developers
Trends in Testing
Law and Testing
Case Law
Educational Ethics and Testing
Summary
Discussion Questions
History of Testing in American Education
Issues and Themes
Learning Objectives
Scientific Measurement and Racism
The Next Generation
Single Factor Models
Multiple Factor Models
Contemporary Public Schools
Winds of Change
Summary
Discussion Questions
The Meaning and Quality of Test Scores
The Measurement and Description of Variables
Issues and Themes
Learning Objectives
Variables
Central Tendency
Normal Distribution
Variation and Variance
Standard Scores
Variation
Correlation
Summary
Discussion Questions
Reliability as a Measure of Test Quality
Issues and Themes
Learning Objectives
Reliability
Internal Consistency
Gains and Losses
Standard Error of Measurement
Factors with an Impact on Reliability
Reliability of Cut Scores
Reliability of Performance Tasks and Criterion Tests
Summary
Discussion Questions
Validity as a Measure of Test Quality
Issues and Themes
Learning Objectives
Validity: The Traditional Context of Validity
Contemporary View
Comparison Groups
Test Bias and Fairness
Summary
Discussion Questions
Testing of Students by Classroom Teachers
Planning and Constructing Classroom Tests
Issues and Themes
Learning Objectives
Testing and Teaching
Formative Tests
Summative Evaluations
Testing Formats
Summary
Discussion Questions
Classroom Development and Use of Extended Answer Tests
Issues and Themes
Learning Objectives
Homework
Completion or Short Answer
The Essay Test
Bluffing
Essay Test Format
Essay Grading
The SAT Essay Test
Summary
Discussion Questions
Item Selection and Analysis
Issues and Themes
Classroom Testing
A Priori Qualitative Assessment and Analysis of Tests
Item Difficulty Index
Distracter Analysis
Item Analysis with Constructed or Supply Type Items
Discrimination
Computer Adaptive Testing
Item Response Theory (IRT)
Summary
Discussion Questions
Performance Assessments
Issues and Themes
Learning Objectives
Assessment and Instruction
Performance Based Assessments
Scoring
Portfolios
Summary
Discussion Questions
Grades, Progress Reports, and Report Cards
Issues and Themes
Learning Objectives
Background and History
Purposes of Report Card Grades
Student Grades
Report Card Comments
On-line Report Cards
Report Card Grades for the Gifted
Grades and Students with Special Needs
The Case of Transfer Students
Grade Point Average and Class Rank
Teacher-Parent Conference
Grade Inflation
Promotion and Graduation
Summary
Discussion Questions
Testing for Student Learning, Talent, Aptitude, and Special Needs
Standardized Measures of Learning
Issues and Themes
Learning Objectives
Explaining Test Scores to Parents
Major Achievement Test Batteries
State Mandated Assessments
Summary
Discussion Questions
Testing of Aptitude and Selection
Issues and Themes
Learning Objectives
Aptitude
Scholastic Aptitude and Intelligence
Training of Test Administrators
Tests of Intelligence Administered One-on-One
Tests of Intelligence Administered to Groups
Group Administered Aptitude Tests
Assessment of Talented and Gifted Children
Assessment of Aptitude for College Study
Summary
Discussion Questions
Identification of Learning Problems
Issues and Themes
Learning Objectives
Incidence
Informal Screening
Instructional Support Team
Referral, Assessment, and the IEP Committee
Assessment Process
Formal Assessments of Attention and Focus
AD/HD Measurement Scales
Assessments of Reading Problems
Early Reading Tests
Assessments of Language and Speech Problems
Measures for the Identification of Problems Learning Mathematics
Individualized Educational Plan
Accommodations for Children with Disabilities
Summary
Discussion Questions
No Child, Teacher, or School Left Behind
International, National, and Statewide Testing Programs
Issues and Themes
Learning Objectives
International Comparisons
Nation's Report Card
School Assessments
No Child Left Behind
Summary
Discussion Questions
Student, Family, and Teacher Factors in Test Scores
Issues and Themes
Learning Objectives
Students
Families
Teachers
Summary
Discussion Questions
Test Preparation for Successful Schools
Issues and Themes
Learning Objectives
Accountability Angst
Legal and Ethical Requirements
Marginal Ethics
Successful Schools
Classroom Instruction
Architecture and School Design
Administration
Summary
Discussion Questions
Accountability and Evaluation
Issues and Themes
Learning Objectives
Evaluation Overview
Systematic Program Evaluation
Steps in a Systematic Evaluation
Value-added Evaluation
Summary
Discussion Questions
References
Glossary
Index
About the Author