Standardized Testing In Schools
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Standardized Testing In Schools
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Author : Holly Dolezalek
language : en
Publisher: ABDO
Release Date : 2009
Standardized Testing In Schools written by Holly Dolezalek and has been published by ABDO this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Education categories.
Discusses standardized testing in schools and the controversy about its value as a tool, the history of testing, standards, and scoring, the No Child Left Behind Act, the effects on teaching, cheating among students and teachers, and public opinion about the topic.
The Effects Of Standardized Testing
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Author : T. Kelleghan
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2012-12-06
The Effects Of Standardized Testing written by T. Kelleghan and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-06 with Education categories.
When George Bernard Shaw wrote his play, Pygmalion, he could hardly have foreseen the use of the concept of the self-fulfilling prophecy in debates about standardized testing in schools. Still less could he have foreseen that the validity of the concept would be examined many years later in Irish schools. While the primary purpose of the experimental study reported in this book was not to investigate the Pygmalion effect, it is inconceivable that a study of the effects of standardized testing, conceived in the 1960s and planned and executed in the 1970s, would not have been influenced by thinking about teachers' expectations and the influence of test information on the formation of those expectations. While our study did pay special attention to teacher expectations, its scope was much wider. It was planned and carried out in a much broader framework, one in which we set out to examine the impact of a standardized testing program, not just on teachers, but also on school practices, students, and students' parents.
The Myths Of Standardized Tests
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Author : Phillip Harris
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Release Date : 2011-01-16
The Myths Of Standardized Tests written by Phillip Harris and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-01-16 with Education categories.
Pundits, politicians, and business leaders continually make claims for what standardized tests can do, and those claims go largely unchallenged because they are in line with popular assumptions about what these tests can do, what the scores mean, and the psychology of human motivation. But what most of what these opinion leaders say-and the public believes-about standardized testing just isn't so. However, few members of the general public, not even concerned parents, have the time or the background to keep up with the latest findings of testing experts, psychometricians, and researchers. That's where The Myths of Standardized Tests comes in. In simple, accessible language, Harris, Smith, and Harris spell out the assumptions underlying standardized tests and point out what's true about them and what's just plain mythical. But they not only debunk common assumptions; they propose better ways to judge the success of our schools. They also offer readers suggestions for ways they can help reduce the burden of tests on their children. Appendixes offer readers contact information and suggestions for actions they can take to become part of the solution to the problem of overusing and misusing standardized tests.
Beyond Testing
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Author : Deborah Meier
language : en
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Release Date : 2017
Beyond Testing written by Deborah Meier and has been published by Teachers College Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with Education categories.
The authors of this timely book argue that a fundamentally complex problem—how to assess the knowledge of a child—cannot be reduced to a simple test score. Beyond Testing describes seven forms of assessment that are more effective than standardized test results: (1) student self-assessments, (2) direct teacher observations of students and their work, (3) descriptive reviews of the child, (4) reading and math interviews with children, (5) portfolios and public defense of student work, (6) school reviews and observations by outside professionals, and (7) school boards and town meetings. These assessments are more honest about what we can and cannot know about children’s knowledge, skills, and dispositions, and are more adaptable to varying educational missions. Readers can compare and contrast each approach and make informed decisions about what is most appropriate for their school. “Many people have wondered,‘If not standardized testing, then what?’ Here are the answers.” —Diane Ravitch, New York University “This is a terrific introduction to alternatives to current assessment practices. Highly recommended!” —David C. Berliner, Regent's Professor Emeritus at Arizona State University and bestselling author “All parents, educators, and politicians need to read this book.” —Wayne Au, editor, Rethinking Schools “Beyond Testing is an outstanding book that should be employed by teachers and administrators today.” —Carl A. Grant, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Contradictions Of School Reform
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Author : Linda McNeil
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2002-09-11
Contradictions Of School Reform written by Linda McNeil and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-09-11 with Education categories.
A provocative look into the reality for students and teachers of standardized testing. Teaching methods and strategies are analyzed to find out how this change in practice influences both how and what children learn.
Testing In American Schools
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
Testing In American Schools written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Educational tests and measurements categories.
The Test
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Author : Anya Kamenetz
language : en
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Release Date : 2015-01-06
The Test written by Anya Kamenetz and has been published by PublicAffairs this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01-06 with Education categories.
"[The anti-testing] movement now has a guidebook. . . . Kamenetz shows how fundamentally American it would be to move toward a more holistic system." -- New York Times Book Review The Test is an essential and critically acclaimed book for any parent confounded by our national obsession with standardized testing. It recounts the shocking history and tempestuous politics of testing and borrows strategies from fields as diverse as games, neuroscience, and ancient philosophy to help children cope. It presents the stories of families, teachers, and schools maneuvering within and beyond the existing educational system, playing and winning the testing game. And it points the way toward a hopeful future of better tests and happier kids.
Passing The Test
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Author : Marita Moll
language : en
Publisher: Canadian Centre Policy Alternatives
Release Date : 2004
Passing The Test written by Marita Moll and has been published by Canadian Centre Policy Alternatives this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Education categories.
Beyond Standardized Testing
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Author : George W. Elford
language : en
Publisher: R & L Education
Release Date : 2002
Beyond Standardized Testing written by George W. Elford and has been published by R & L Education this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Education categories.
This text addresses the problem of the overuse of standardized testing. It argues that so-called test-based reform has given rise to the "cram curriculum" and turned schools into test-prep centres. Overlooked are teachers, who observe students, and are the primary source of information on learning.
In Schools We Trust
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Author : Deborah Meier
language : en
Publisher: Beacon Press
Release Date : 2014-02-18
In Schools We Trust written by Deborah Meier and has been published by Beacon Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02-18 with Education categories.
We are in an era of radical distrust of public education. Increasingly, we turn to standardized tests and standardized curricula-now adopted by all fifty states-as our national surrogates for trust. Legendary school founder and reformer Deborah Meier believes fiercely that schools have to win our faith by showing they can do their job. But she argues just as fiercely that standardized testing is precisely the wrong way to that end. The tests themselves, she argues, cannot give the results they claim. And in the meantime, they undermine the kind of education we actually want. In this multilayered exploration of trust and schools, Meier critiques the ideology of testing and puts forward a different vision, forged in the success stories of small public schools she and her colleagues have created in Boston and New York. These nationally acclaimed schools are built, famously, around trusting teachers-and students and parents-to use their own judgment. Meier traces the enormous educational value of trust; the crucial and complicated trust between parents and teachers; how teachers need to become better judges of each others' work; how race and class complicate trust at all levels; and how we can begin to 'scale up' from the kinds of successes she has created.