Essentials of Standardized Achievement Testing: Validity and Accountability

Essentials of Standardized Achievement Testing: Validity and Accountability
ISBN-10
0205326919
ISBN-13
9780205326914
Pages
228
Language
English
Published
2002
Publisher
Allyn and Bacon
Author
Thomas M. Haladyna

Description

B> This book examines standardized achievement testing in critical terms with the notion that students should be tested in ways that benefit them and their learning. This book seeks to increase readers' understanding of standardized testing so that they will become intelligent consumers, and is organized around the central issues of interpretation, usage, and consequences of testing. Focused on issues, and based on the most current research and practice. This material offers educators, administrators and policy makers information critical to success in today's classroom.Market: K-12 Faculty and Administrators, Parent Teacher Coordinators.