- Prologue
- 1. If Only It Were So Simple
- 2. What Is a Test?
- 3. What We Measure: Just How Good Is the Sample?
- 4. The Evolution of American Testing
- 5. What Test Scores Tell Us about American Kids
- 6. What Influences Test Scores, or How Not to Pick a School
- 7. Error and Reliability: How Much We Don’t Know What We’re Talking About
- 8. Reporting Performance: Standards and Scales
- 9. Validity
- 10. Inflated Test Scores
- 11. Adverse Impact and Bias
- 12. Testing Students with Special Needs
- 13. Sensible Uses of Tests
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Index
Measuring Up
What Educational Testing Really Tells Us
Product Details
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$25.00 • £21.95 • €22.95
ISBN 9780674035218
Publication Date: 09/15/2009
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Awards & Accolades
- 2009 Outstanding Book Award, American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
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