Tests And Teaching Quality
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Tests And Teaching Quality
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Author : National Research Council
language : en
Publisher: National Academies Press
Release Date : 2000-05-14
Tests And Teaching Quality written by National Research Council and has been published by National Academies Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-05-14 with Education categories.
Improving the quality of teaching in elementary and secondary schools is now high on the nation's educational policy agenda. Policy makers at the state and federal levels have focused on initiatives designed to improve the abilities of teachers already in schools and increase the numbers of well-qualified teachers available to fill current and future vacancies. Tests and Teaching Quality is an interim report of a study investigating the technical, educational, and legal issues surrounding the use of tests for licensing teachers. This report focuses on existing tests and their use.
Testing Teacher Candidates
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Author : National Research Council
language : en
Publisher: National Academies Press
Release Date : 2001-10-19
Testing Teacher Candidates written by National Research Council and has been published by National Academies Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-10-19 with Education categories.
Americans have adopted a reform agenda for their schools that calls for excellence in teaching and learning. School officials across the nation are hard at work targeting instruction at high levels for all students. Gaps remain, however, between the nation's educational aspirations and student achievement. To address these gaps, policy makers have recently focused on the qualifications of teachers and the preparation of teacher candidates. This book examines the appropriateness and technical quality of teacher licensure tests currently in use, evaluates the merits of using licensure test results to hold states and institutions of higher education accountable for the quality of teacher preparation and licensure, and suggests alternatives for developing and assessing beginning teacher competence. Teaching is a complex activity. Definitions of quality teaching have changed and will continue to change over time as society's values change. This book provides policy makers, teacher testers, and teacher educators with advice on how to use current tests to assess teacher candidates and evaluate teacher preparation, ensuring that America's youth are being taught by the most qualified candidates.
Testing Teacher Candidates
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Author : National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Assessment and Teacher Quality
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
Testing Teacher Candidates written by National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Assessment and Teacher Quality and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Teachers categories.
Beyond Test Scores
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Author : Jack Schneider
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2017-08-14
Beyond Test Scores written by Jack Schneider and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-14 with Education categories.
Test scores are the go-to metric of policy makers and anxious parents looking to place their children in the best schools. Yet standardized tests are a poor way to measure school performance. Using the diverse urban school district of Somerville MA as a case study, Jack Schneider’s team developed a new framework to assess educational effectiveness.
A Practical Guide To Creating Quality Exams
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Author : J Balogh Phd
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016-07-22
A Practical Guide To Creating Quality Exams written by J Balogh Phd and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-07-22 with categories.
College professors, instructors, and teaching assistants are hired or admitted into their departments because of their expertise in their fields, and most are simply never exposed to testing theory and its applications. The goal of this book is to enable anyone in an academic environment who is responsible for assessing students to create the best exams possible. This step-by-step guide starts from basic concepts of what defines a high-quality test and leads the reader through the process of planning, writing, reviewing, administering, scoring, and returning the test. The suggestions and guidelines provided are based on empirical research and established professional standards.
The Global Testing Culture
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Author : William C. Smith
language : en
Publisher: Symposium Books Ltd
Release Date : 2016-01-04
The Global Testing Culture written by William C. Smith and has been published by Symposium Books Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-01-04 with Education categories.
The past thirty years have seen a rapid expansion of testing, exposing students worldwide to tests that are now, more than ever, standardized and linked to high-stakes outcomes. The use of testing as a policy tool has been legitimized within international educational development to measure education quality in the vast majority of countries worldwide. The embedded nature and normative power of high-stakes standardized testing across national contexts can be understood as a global testing culture. The global testing culture permeates all aspects of education, from financing, to parental involvement, to teacher and student beliefs and practices. The reinforcing nature of the global testing culture leads to an environment where testing becomes synonymous with accountability, which becomes synonymous with education quality. Underlying the global testing culture is a set of values identified from the increasing literature on world culture. These include: education as a human right, academic intelligence, faith in science, decentralization, and neoliberalism. Each of these values highlights different aspects of the dialogue in support of high-stakes standardized testing. The wide approval of these values and their ability to legitimate various aspects of high-stakes testing reinforces the taken-for-granted notion that such tests are effective and appropriate education practices. However, a large body of literature emphasizes the negative unintended consequences – teaching to the test, reshaping the testing pool, the inequitable distribution of school resources and teachers’ attention, and reconstructing the role of the student, teacher, and parent – commonly found when standardized, census-based tests are combined with high-stakes outcomes for educators or students. This book problematizes this culture by providing critical perspectives that challenge the assumptions of the culture and describe how the culture manifests in national contexts. The volume makes it clear that testing, per se, is not the problem. Instead it is how tests are administered, used or misused, and linked to accountability that provide the global testing culture with its powerful ability to shape schools and society and lead to its unintended, undesirable consequences.
Measurement Issues And Assessment For Teaching Quality
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Author : Drew H. Gitomer
language : en
Publisher: SAGE
Release Date : 2009
Measurement Issues And Assessment For Teaching Quality written by Drew H. Gitomer and has been published by SAGE this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Education categories.
A comprehensive text that allows headteachers and school mamangers to monitor teacher quality
Tests And Teaching Quality
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Author : National Research Council
language : en
Publisher: National Academies Press
Release Date : 2000-04-14
Tests And Teaching Quality written by National Research Council and has been published by National Academies Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-04-14 with Education categories.
Improving the quality of teaching in elementary and secondary schools is now high on the nation's educational policy agenda. Policy makers at the state and federal levels have focused on initiatives designed to improve the abilities of teachers already in schools and increase the numbers of well-qualified teachers available to fill current and future vacancies. Tests and Teaching Quality is an interim report of a study investigating the technical, educational, and legal issues surrounding the use of tests for licensing teachers. This report focuses on existing tests and their use.
Enhancing Quality In Assessment
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Author : Wynne Harlen
language : en
Publisher: Paul Chapman Educational Publishing
Release Date : 1994-07-28
Enhancing Quality In Assessment written by Wynne Harlen and has been published by Paul Chapman Educational Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-07-28 with Education categories.
This challenging book is essential reading for teachers, teacher-educators, policymakers, and all those involved in the assessment of pupils and students. Its publication is motivated by the contributors' concern at the accelerating return to formal assessment procedures in National Tests and examinations, and at the downgrading over recent years of assessments made by teachers. The contributors believe that formal assessment is the reverse of what is needed for the valid assessment of progress in abilities, such as solving problems, handling information, and being adaptable, interactive and reflective.
Testing Teaching And Learning
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Author : National Research Council
language : en
Publisher: National Academies Press
Release Date : 1999-10-06
Testing Teaching And Learning written by National Research Council and has been published by National Academies Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-10-06 with Education categories.
State education departments and school districts face an important challenge in implementing a new law that requires disadvantaged students to be held to the same standards as other students. The new requirements come from provisions of the 1994 reauthorization of Title I, the largest federal effort in precollegiate education, which provides aid to "level the field" for disadvantaged students. Testing, Teaching, and Learning is written to help states and school districts comply with the new law, offering guidance for designing and implementing assessment and accountability systems. This book examines standards-based education reform and reviews the research on student assessment, focusing on the needs of disadvantaged students covered by Title I. With examples of states and districts that have track records in new systems, the committee develops a practical "decision framework" for education officials. The book explores how best to design assessment and accountability systems that support high levels of student learning and to work toward continuous improvement. Testing, Teaching, and Learning will be an important tool for all involved in educating disadvantaged studentsâ€"state and local administrators and classroom teachers.