Tests, Testing, and Genuine School Reform

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The author draws on scientific studies of tests and their uses to show how standardized achievement tests must play a central role in improving achievement in K-12 schools. He explains the central considerations in developing and evaluating tests and tells how tests can best be best used, covering such topics as using tests for student incentives, paying teachers for performance, and using tests in efforts to attain new state and national standards.

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Full title :Tests, Testing, and Genuine School Reform.

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Publication Date:2011.

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Publisher(s):Hoover institution Press
Place of Publication:Chicago
Language:eng
Publication Date:2011.

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Description:1 online resource (119 pages)

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ISBN:9780817913588, 0817913580, 9780817913564, 0817913564
oclc:ocn876507542
LC Classification:LB3051 .W295 2011
Dewey Decimal:371.260973

Front Cover; Acknowledgments; Book Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction and Overview; 2. Why Tests are Necessary; 3. Well-Made Tests; 4. Types and Uses of Achievement Tests; 5. Preparing Standardized Achievement Tests; 6. Tests as Incentives; 7. Preventing Test Fraud; 8. Standards and Testing; 9. Using Tests to Raise Student Achievement; 10. Conclusion; About the Author; About the Hoover Institution'sKoret Task Force on K-12 Education; Index.

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EDUCATION -- Evaluation Education -- Standards Education -- Standards -- United States EDUCATION -- Testing & Measurement Educational Change Educational change -- United States Educational tests and measurements Educational tests and measurements -- U… Enseignement -- Réforme -- États-Unis School improvement programs School improvement programs -- United S… STUDY AIDS -- Tests Tests et mesures en éducation -- États-… United States