Making Sense of Test-Based Accountability in Education
Test-based accountability systems that attach high stakes to standardized test results have raised a number of issues on educational assessment and accountability. Do these high-stakes tests measure student achievement accurately? How can policymakers and educators attach the right consequences to the results of these tests? And what kinds of tradeoffs do these testing policies introduce? This book responds to the growing emphasis on high-stakes testing and offers recommendations for more-effective test-based accountability systems.
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- Copyright: RAND Corporation
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- Pages: 192
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- ISBN/EAN: 0-8330-3161-9
- Document Number: MR-1554-EDU
- Year: 2002
- Series: Monograph Reports
Contents
Preface PDF
Figures PDF
Tables PDF
Summary PDF
Acknowledgements
Acknowledgments PDF
Chapter One
Introduction PDF
Chapter Two
Tests and Their Use in Test-Based Accountability Systems PDF
Chapter Three
Technical Criteria for Evaluating Tests PDF
Chapter Four
Consequences of Large-Scale, High-Stakes Testing on School and Classroom Practice PDF
Chapter Five
Accountability As Seen Through a Political Lens PDF
Chapter Six
Improving Test-Based Accountability PDF
Resources PDF
References PDF
Authors
Contributors PDF
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