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Title Meeting the challenges to measurement in an era of accountability / edited by Henry Braun
Published New York : Routledge, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (1 electronic resource (viii, 426 pages))
Series NCME applications of educational measurement and assessment book series
NCME applications of educational measurement and assessment book series.
Contents The Challenges to Measurement in an Era of Accountability : Introduction and Overview / Henry Braun -- Design and Development of End of Course Tests for Student Assessment and Teacher Evaluation / Steve Ferrara and Denny Way -- Design and Implementation Considerations of Performance-based and Authentic Assessments for Use in Accountability Systems / Scott F. Marion and Katie Buckley -- Psychometric Considerations for Performance-Based Assessments and Student Learning Objectives / Suzanne Lane and Charles DePascale -- General Introduction to Evidence-Centered Design / Geneva D. Haertel, Terry P. Vendlinski, Daisy Rutstein, Angela DeBarger, Britte H. Cheng, Eric B. Snow, Cynthia D'Angelo, Christopher Harris, Louise Yarnall, and Liliana Ructtinger -- Validity and Accountability : Test Validation for 21st-century Educational Assessments / Stephen G. Sireci and Amanda Soto -- Commentary : Can Campbell's Law be Mitigated? / Derek C. Briggs -- Arts Assessment in an Age of Accountability : Challenges and Opportunities in Implementation, Design, and Measurement / Scott C. Shuler, Timothy S. Brophy, F. Robert Sabol, Susan McGreevy-Nichols, and Mary J. Schuttler -- Assessment Issues in World Languages / Meg Malone and Paul Sandrock -- Use of Evidence Centered Design in Assessment of History Learning / Kadriye Ercikan, Peter Seixas, Pamela Kaliski, and Kristen Huff -- Assessing the Life Sciences : Using Evidence-Centered Design for Accountability Purposes / Geneva D. Haertel, Terry P. Vendlinski, Daisy Rutstein, Angela DeBarger, Britte H. Cheng, Cindy Zikar, Christopher Harris, Cynthia D'Angelo, Eric B. Snow, Marie Bienkowski, and Liliana Ructtinger -- Assessing Physical and Earth and Space Science in the Context of the NRC Framework for K-12 Science Education and the Next Generation Science Standards / Nathaniel J.S. Brown, Scott S. Maderer, and James Wood -- Transforming Assessment in Mathematics : Introduction by Patricia Klag
Summary "Under pressure and support from the federal government, states have increasingly turned to indicators based on student test scores to evaluate teachers and schools, as well as students themselves. The focus thus far has been on test scores in those subject areas where there is a sequence of consecutive tests, such as in mathematics or English/language arts with a focus on grades 4-8. Teachers in these subject areas, however, constitute less than thirty percent of the teacher workforce in a district. Comparatively little has been written about the measurement of achievement in the other grades and subjects. This volume seeks to remedy this imbalance by focusing on the assessment of student achievement in a broad range of grade levels and subject areas, with particular attention to their use in the evaluation of teachers and schools in all. It addresses traditional end-of-course tests, as well as alternative measures such as portfolios, exhibitions, and student learning objectives. In each case, issues related to design and development, psychometric considerations, and validity challenges are covered from both a generic and a content-specific perspective"--Back cover
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Academic achievement -- United States -- Evaluation
Education -- Standards -- United States.
Education -- United States -- Evaluation
Educational tests and measurements -- United States.
Schools -- United States -- Evalution
Teacher effectiveness -- United States -- Evaluation
EDUCATION -- Administration -- General.
EDUCATION -- Organizations & Institutions.
Academic achievement -- Evaluation
Education -- Evaluation
Education -- Standards
Educational tests and measurements
United States
Verenigde Staten.
Form Electronic book
Author Braun, Henry I., 1949- editor
LC no. 2021758720
ISBN 9780203781302
0203781309
9781135040161
1135040168
9781135040154
113504015X
9781135040147
1135040141