Meeting the Challenges to Measurement in an Era of Accountability (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Braun, Henry

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Produktbeschreibung

Under pressure and support from the federal government, states have increasingly turned to indicators based on student test scores to evaluate teachers and schools, as well as students themselves. The focus thus far has been on test scores in those subject areas where there is a sequence of consecutive tests, such as in mathematics or English/language arts with a focus on grades 4-8. Teachers in these subject areas, however, constitute less than thirty percent of the teacher workforce in a district. Comparatively little has been written about the measurement of achievement in the other grades and subjects.

This volume seeks to remedy this imbalance by focusing on the assessment of student achievement in a broad range of grade levels and subject areas, with particular attention to their use in the evaluation of teachers and schools in all. It addresses traditional end-of-course tests, as well as alternative measures such as portfolios, exhibitions, and student learning objectives. In each case, issues related to design and development, psychometric considerations, and validity challenges are covered from both a generic and a content-specific perspective.

The NCME Applications of Educational Measurement and Assessment series includes edited volumes designed to inform research-based applications of educational measurement and assessment. Edited by leading experts, these books are comprehensive and practical resources on the latest developments in the field.

The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 436
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Januar 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135040161
• Artikelnr.: 44758467

Autorenporträt

Henry Braun is Boisi Professor of Education and Public Policy and Director of the Center for the Study of Testing, Evaluation and Education Policy in the Lynch School of Education at Boston College, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: The Challenges to Measurement in an Era of Accountability:
Introduction and Overview by Henry Braun
Part I
Chapter 2: Design and Development of End of Course Tests for Student
Assessment and Teacher Evaluation by Steve Ferrara and Denny Way
Chapter 3: Design and Implementation Considerations of Performance-based
and Authentic Assessments for Use in Accountability Systems by Scott F.
Marion and Katie Buckley
Chapter 4: Psychometric Considerations for Performance-Based Assessments
and Student Learning Objectives by Suzanne Lane and Charles DePascale
Chapter 5: General Introduction to Evidence-Centered Design by Geneva D.
Haertel, Terry P. Vendlinski, Daisy Rutstein, Angela DeBarger, Britte H.
Cheng, Eric B. Snow, Cynthia D'Angelo, Christopher Harris, Louise Yarnall,
and Liliana Ructtinger
Chapter 6: Validity and Accountability: Test Validation for 21st-century
Educational Assessments by Stephen G. Sireci and Amanda Soto
Chapter 7: Commentary: Can Campbell's Law be Mitigated? by Derek C. Briggs
Part II
Chapter 8: Arts Assessment in an Age of Accountability: Challenges and
Opportunities in Implementation, Design, and Measurement by Scott C.
Shuler, Timothy S. Brophy, F. Robert Sabol, Susan McGreevy-Nichols, and
Mary J. Schuttler
Chapter 9: Assessment Issues in World Languages by Meg Malone and Paul
Sandrock
Chapter 10: Use of Evidence Centered Design in Assessment of History
Learning by Kadriye Ercikan, Peter Seixas, Pamela Kaliski, andKristen Huff
Chapter 11: Assessing the Life Sciences: Using Evidence-Centered Design for
Accountability Purposes by Geneva D. Haertel, Terry P. Vendlinski, Daisy
Rutstein, Angela DeBarger, Britte H. Cheng, Cindy Zikar, Christopher
Harris, Cynthia D'Angelo, Eric B. Snow, Marie Bienkowski, and Liliana
Ructtinger
Chapter 12: Assessing Physical and Earth and Space Science in the Context
of the NRC Framework for K-12 Science Education and the Next Generation
Science Standards by Nathaniel J. S. Brown, Scott S. Maderer, and James
Wood
Chapter 13: Transforming Assessment in Mathematics: Introduction by
Patricia A. Klag and Friedrich L. Kluempen
List of Contributors
List of Contributors
Index