The Future of Test-Based Educational Accountability
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0805864709
ISBN-13
9780805864700
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint
Routledge
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 11th, 2008
Print length
18 Pages
Weight
566 grams
Product Classification:
Education
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Identifies and analyzes the key issues associated with test-based educational accountability and to chart the future of educational accountability research. This book discusses issues such as validity, test equating, growth modelling, fairness for special populations, causal inferences, and misuses of accountability data.
In recent decades testing has become a much more visible and high-stakes accountability mechanism that is now seen as a powerful tool that can be used to drive school improvement. The purpose of this book is to identify and analyze the key issues associated with test-based educational accountability and to chart the future of educational accountability research. Chapter contributions are intended to be forward looking rather than a compendium of what has happened in the past. The book provides an accessible discussion of issues such as validity, test equating, growth modeling, fairness for special populations, causal inferences, and misuses of accountability data.
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