Tests, Testing, and Genuine School Reform

Sonst. Personen	Walberg, Herbert J. (Hrsg.)
Institution	Stanford University, Hoover Institution
Titel	Tests, Testing, and Genuine School Reform
Quelle	(2011) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	978-0-8179-1354-0
Schlagwörter	Evidence; School Restructuring; Test Results; Testing; Educational Change; Tests; Educational Principles; Testing Problems; Academic Standards; Evaluation Utilization; Accountability; Test Construction; Book Reviews; Textbook Content; Educational Policy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Evidenz; Schulreformplan; Schulumwandlung; Testdurchführung; Testen; Bildungsreform; Examination; Prüfung; Examen; Bildungsprinzip; Verantwortung; Testaufbau; Book reviewing; Book review; Rezension; Lehrbuchtext; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik
Abstract	The pressing need to improve achievement in American schools is widely recognized. In "Tests, Testing, and Genuine School Reform," Herbert J. Walberg draws on scientific studies of tests and their uses to inform citizens, educators, and policy makers about well-established principles of testing, current problems, and promising evidence-based solutions. He explains the central considerations in developing and evaluating good tests and tells how tests can best be 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. To minimize mistaken policies and practices, the book also describes testing technology to enable readers to evaluate and make better use of tests. And because valid tests cannot be developed without clear, specific standards, one chapter is devoted to discussing standards and how they should determine the plans and development of tests and testing. In view of the continuing technical and political problems of tests and testing, the last chapter argues that, for accountability, to improve tests and testing, and to prevent fraud, the development, administration, scoring, and reporting test results should be conducted independent of traditional school authorities. [Additional support for this research was provided by the Edmund and Jeannik Littlefield Foundation, The Bernard Lee Schwartz Foundation, Inc., and the Taube Foundation.] (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10