Policy Perspectives On Educational Testing

Author : Bernard R. Gifford
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789401122269

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Policy Perspectives on Educational Testing by Bernard R. Gifford Pdf

America faces a crisis in education and its accompanying effects on the nation's economic and social life. Educators and policy makers need to document the extent of this crisis, to gauge its potential impact, and to develop educational strategies that would boost achievement; this has turned the spotlight on educational assessment - the procedures, practices, and tools that educators use to measure the progress of students, both as individuals and groups. This book deals with a range of issues within the field of educational assessment, with an emphasis on those issues that have sparked the public policy debate in recent years. Much of this volume concerns itself with the impact of testing on various subgroups of the population - blacks, Hispanics, young children, and children considered to be of `below average' ability. Taken together, the contributions to this volume represent a broad range of views on differential test performance. (This book is part of the subseries of books based on the Ford Foundation's National Commission on Testing and Public Policy. Previous titles in this program include Gifford & Wing/Test in Defense, Gifford & O'Connor/Changing Assessments, Gifford/Test Policy and the Politics of Opportunity Allocation, and Gifford/Test Policy and Test Performance.)

Author : Bernard R Gifford
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1992-12-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 940112227X

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Policy Perspectives on Educational Testing by Bernard R Gifford Pdf

Author : Keena Arbuthnot
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2017-11-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781786354341

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Global Perspectives on Educational Testing by Keena Arbuthnot Pdf

This book provides a refined definition of standardized educational test fairness that can be utilized in multiple contexts to better understand the experiences and perspectives of diverse groups of test takers.

Author : William C. Smith
Publisher : Symposium Books Ltd
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2016-01-04
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781873927724

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The Global Testing Culture by William C. Smith Pdf

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.

Author : Patricia Broadfoot
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2021-01-26
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780429557675

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The Sociology of Assessment: Comparative and Policy Perspectives by Patricia Broadfoot Pdf

In the World Library of Educationalists series, international experts themselves compile career-long collections of what they judge to be their finest pieces – extracts from books, key articles, salient research findings, major theoretical and practical contributions – so the world can read them in a single manageable volume. Readers will be able to follow the themes and strands and see how their work contributes to the development of the field. In a collection of her most influential work spanning nearly four decades, Patricia Broadfoot applies her trademark sociological and comparative perspective to empirical studies at every level of the educational system. From her classic long-term study of the impact of changing national assessment policies on pupils and teachers in the classrooms of England and France to her sustained championship of the need for a better understanding of the impact of assessment on learning, Broadfoot has consistently championed the need for a more developed sociological understanding of assessment. Broadfoot’s accessible writing offers insights that are as novel as they are important for the education of future generations. This book allows readers to follow themes and strands across Patricia Broadfoot’s career and will be of interest to all followers of her work and any reader interested in the development of teaching, learning and assessment.

Author : Brian E. Clauser,Michael B. Bunch
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2021-07-07
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000402414

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The History of Educational Measurement by Brian E. Clauser,Michael B. Bunch Pdf

The History of Educational Measurement collects essays on the most important topics in educational testing, measurement, and psychometrics. Authored by the field’s top scholars, this book offers unique historical viewpoints, from origins to modern applications, of formal testing programs and mental measurement theories. Topics as varied as large-scale testing, validity, item-response theory, federal involvement, and notable assessment controversies complete a survey of the field’s greatest challenges and most important achievements. Graduate students, researchers, industry professionals, and other stakeholders will find this volume relevant for years to come.

Author : Gary Sykes,Barbara Schneider,David N. Plank
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 2586 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2012-09-10
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135856465

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Handbook of Education Policy Research by Gary Sykes,Barbara Schneider,David N. Plank Pdf

Co-published by Routledge for the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Educational policy continues to be of major concern. Policy debates about economic growth and national competitiveness, for example, commonly focus on the importance of human capital and a highly educated workforce. Defining the theoretical boundaries and methodological approaches of education policy research are the two primary themes of this comprehensive, AERA-sponsored Handbook. Organized into seven sections, the Handbook focuses on (1) disciplinary foundations of educational policy, (2) methodological perspectives, (3) the policy process, (4) resources, management, and organization, (5) teaching and learning policy, (6) actors and institutions, and (7) education access and differentiation. Drawing from multiple disciplines, the Handbook’s over one hundred authors address three central questions: What policy issues and questions have oriented current policy research? What research strategies and methods have proven most fruitful? And what issues, questions, and methods will drive future policy research? Topics such as early childhood education, school choice, access to higher education, teacher accountability, and testing and measurement cut across the 63 chapters in the volume. The politics surrounding these and other issues are objectively analyzed by authors and commentators. Each of the seven sections concludes with two commentaries by leading scholars in the field. The first considers the current state of policy design, and the second addresses the current state of policy research. This book is appropriate for scholars and graduate students working in the field of education policy and for the growing number of academic, government, and think-tank researchers engaged in policy research. For more information on the American Educational Research Association, please visit: http://www.aera.net/.

Author : Walter M. Haney,George F. Madaus,Robert Lyons
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1993-05-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0792393384

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The Fractured Marketplace for Standardized Testing by Walter M. Haney,George F. Madaus,Robert Lyons Pdf

Standardized testing in the United States has been increasing at a rapid pace in the last twenty-five years. The market for tests has not only been expanding rapidly, but has also been changing sharply in structure into a fractured marketplace. Indeed, one of the main features of this book is that the market for standardized testing is highly fractured - with segments of the market facing monopoly conditions, others facing oligopoly conditions and still others where near free-market conditions exist. One of the main premises of the book is that the structures of markets have strong implications for how those markets perform. While this notion is widely accepted among economists, it is not widely appreciated in educational research. A second motivation for the book is that very little scholarly attention has been focused on the standardized testing industry. This topic - the structure of the testing industry and implications for the quality of tests and test use - affects how we evaluate the learning of students, the effectiveness of teaching, the quality of schools and the educational health of the nation. Of particular concern to the authors is one vital aspect of test quality: test validity. This book is the most current and authoritative review and analysis of the market for standardized testing.

Author : D.L. Stufflebeam,George F. Madaus,T. Kellaghan
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2005-12-19
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780306475597

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Evaluation Models by D.L. Stufflebeam,George F. Madaus,T. Kellaghan Pdf

This is an up-to-date revision of the classic text first published in 1983. It includes a historical perspective on the growth of evaluation theory and practice and two comparative analyses of the various alternative perspectives on evaluation. It also includes articles representing the major schools of thought about evaluation written by the leaders who have developed these schools and models. The final section describes and discusses the Standards for Program Evaluation and the reformation of program evaluation.

Author : Glynda A. Hull
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 079143219X

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Changing Work, Changing Workers by Glynda A. Hull Pdf

This glimpse into factories, hospitals, other work settings, and work-related literacy programs, shows the massive changes in expectations for workers' "skills" in the twenty-first century, especially regarding language and literacy.

Author : Gerard Giordano
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Education
ISBN : 0820472557

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How Testing Came to Dominate American Schools by Gerard Giordano Pdf

Although originally designed as instruments to gauge students' progress, tests eventually were used to modify curricula, learning materials, pedagogy, and many practical features of schooling. Tests were employed to shape attitudes toward national issues such as employment, immigration, and defense. Worried about the enormous consequences that were at stake, advocates and opponents pitched their cases to educators, parents, journalists, and policymakers and also targeted special audiences. Testing proponents pleaded with military leaders, businesspeople, and scholastic publishers while their adversaries appealed to job seekers, college applicants, racial minorities, and anti-establishmentarians. This book illustrates how all of these parties showed interest; many became passionate; and some decisively influenced the course of American educational testing.

Author : Anthony J. Shinkfield,D.L. Stufflebeam
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789400917965

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Teacher Evaluation by Anthony J. Shinkfield,D.L. Stufflebeam Pdf

Teacher Evaluation: Guide to Professional Practice is organized around four dominant, interrelated core issues: professional standards, a guide to applying the Joint Committee's Standards, ten alternative models for the evaluation of teacher performance, and an analysis of these selected models. The book draws heavily on research and development conducted by the Federally funded national Center for Research on Educational Accountability and Teacher Evaluation (CREATE). The reader will come to grasp the essence of sound teacher evaluation and will be able to apply its principles, facts, ideas, processes, and procedures. Finally, the book invites and assists school professionals and other readers to examine the latest developments in teacher evaluation.

Author : David D. Williams,Mary Hricko
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781591407492

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Online Assessment, Measurement, and Evaluation by David D. Williams,Mary Hricko Pdf

"This book provides a view of the possibilities and challenges facing online educators and evaluators in the 21st century"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Harry Daniels,Hugh Lauder,Jill Porter
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2012-07-26
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781136604577

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Knowledge, Values and Educational Policy by Harry Daniels,Hugh Lauder,Jill Porter Pdf

Knowledge, Values and Educational Policy focuses on what schools are for and what should be taught in them, how learning is possible across boundaries, and issues of diversity and equity. Policies and practices relating to schools are also considered. Within this volume, internationally renowned contributors address a number of fundamental questions designed to take the reader to the heart of current debates around curriculum, knowledge transfer, equity and social justice, and system reform, such as: What are schools and what are they for? What knowledge should schools teach? How are learners different from each other and how are groups of learners different from one another, in terms of social class, gender, ethnicity, and disability? What influence does educational policy have on improving schools? What influence does research have on our understanding of education and schooling? To encourage reflection, many of the chapters also include questions for debate and a guide to further reading. Read alongside its companion volume, Educational Theories, Cultures and Learning, readers will be encouraged to consider and think about on some of the key issues facing education and educationists today.

Author : Jessica L. Jonson,Kurt F. Geisinger
Publisher : American Educational Research Association
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2022-06-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780935302974

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Fairness in Educational and Psychological Testing: Examining Theoretical, Research, Practice, and Policy Implications of the 2014 Standards by Jessica L. Jonson,Kurt F. Geisinger Pdf

This book examines scholarship, best practice methodologies, and examples of policy and practice from various professional fields in education and psychology to illuminate the elevated emphasis on test fairness in the 2014 Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing. Together, the chapters provide a survey of critical and current issues with a view to broadening and contextualizing the fairness guidelines for different types of tests, test takers, and testing contexts. Researchers and practitioners from school psychology, clinical/counseling psychology, industrial/organizational psychology, and education will find the content useful in thinking more acutely about fairness in testing in their work. The book also has chapters that address implications for policy makers, and, in some cases, the public. These discussions are offered as a starting point for future scholarship on the theoretical, empirical, and applied aspects of fairness in testing particularly given the ever-increasing importance of addressing equity in testing.