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“gary lawrence”

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  • Rotten to the (Common) Core

    Public Schooling, Standardized Tests, and the Surveillance State

    by Joseph P. Farrell, Gary Lawrence ...
    Joseph P. Farrell, well known for his widely-discussed investigations on contemporary banks and ruling structures, co-writes this fascinating book regarding contemporary schooling with long-time New York state instructor Gary Lawrence.Say Farrell and Lawrence:Standardized Testing in America has a troubled history. Its agenda has long remained veiled behind "expert opinions" and "latest studies." ... Read more

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    Edited by Claire Wyatt-Smith, Valentina Klenowski, Peta Colbert ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This book brings together internationally recognised scholars with an interest in how to use the power of assessment to improve student learning and to engage with accountability priorities at both national and global levels. It includes distinguished writers who have worked together for some two decades to shift the assessment paradigm from a dominant focus on assessment as measurement towards ... Read more

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  • Formulation of Uncertainty Relation Between Error and Disturbance in Quantum Measurement by Using Quantum Estimation Theory

    by Yu Watanabe ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    In this thesis, quantum estimation theory is applied to investigate uncertainty relations between error and disturbance in quantum measurement. The author argues that the best solution for clarifying the attainable bound of the error and disturbance is to invoke the estimation process from the measurement outcomes such as signals from a photodetector in a quantum optical system. The error and ... Read more

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  • Computerized Adaptive and Multistage Testing with R

    Using Packages catR and mstR

    by David Magis, Duanli Yan, Alina A. von Davier ...
    Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
    The goal of this guide and manual is to provide a practical and brief overview of the theory on computerized adaptive testing (CAT) and multistage testing (MST) and to illustrate the methodologies and applications using R open source language and several data examples. Implementation relies on the R packages catR and mstR that have been already or are being developed by the first author (with the ... Read more

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  • Leading Student Assessment

    Edited by Judy L. Lupart, Charles F. Webber ...
    Series Book 15 - Studies in Educational Leadership
    This book presents a new and refreshing look at student assessment from the perspective of leading educational theorists, researchers, and practitioners. The authors call for boundary-breaking assessment that reflects clear understandings of the purposes of assessment, a balance of assessment creativity and realism, the ability to detect solutions for assessment challenges, and the capacity to ... Read more

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  • Applying Test Equating Methods

    Using R

    by Jorge González, Marie Wiberg ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This book describes how to use test equating methods in practice. The non-commercial software R is used throughout the book to illustrate how to perform different equating methods when scores data are collected under different data collection designs, such as equivalent groups design, single group design, counterbalanced design and non equivalent groups with anchor test design. The R packages ... Read more

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  • Evaluating Corporate Training: Models and Issues

    Edited by Stephen M. Brown, Constance J. Seidner ...
    Series Book 46 - Evaluation in Education and Human Services
    We are glad to have the opportunity to work together again in the planning and preparation of this edited volume on the evaluation of corporate training. Our respective professional careers have provided us with experience in this area, both as practitioners and as academicians. It is from both of these perspectives that we approached the preparation of this volume. Our purpose is to provide ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • School-Based Evaluation

    A Guide for Board Members, Superintendents, Principals, Department Heads, and Teachers

    by John W. Wick ...
    Series series Education (R0)

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  • Conducting Educational Needs Assessments

    by Robert O. Brinkerhoff, Charles H. McCormick, D.L. Stufflebeam, Cheryl O. Nelson ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    What goals should be addressed by educational programs? What priorities should be assigned to the different goals? What funds should be allocated to each goal? How can quality services be maintained with declining school enrollments and shrinking revenues? What programs could be cut if necessary? The ebb and flow of the student population, the changing needs of our society and the fluctuation of ... Read more

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  • Entrepreneurship Education

    Experiments with Curriculum, Pedagogy and Target Groups

    Edited by Mathew J. Manimala, Princy Thomas ...
    Series series Business and Management (R0)
    The book provides an overview of developments in the field of entrepreneurship education, with special reference to global perspectives on innovations and best practices, as well as research in the emerging economy context. It focuses on various experiments in curriculum design, review and reform in addition to the innovative processes adopted for developing new content for entrepreneurship ... Read more

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  • Changing Educational Landscapes

    Educational Policies, Schooling Systems and Higher Education - a comparative perspective

    Edited by Dimitris Mattheou ...
    Analyzing educational landscapes – the fundamental values, principles and institutions of the sector – is a highly complex and demanding task for any researcher. Like shifting desert sands, these aspects of education are in a constant state of flux, changing according to the unpredictable economic, social, cultural and geo-political circumstances of late modernity. Key aspects of the intricate, ... Read more

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  • Outcomes Based Funding and Race in Higher Education

    Can Equity be Bought?

    by LaToya Russell Owens, Denisa Gándara, Tiffany Jones, Amanda E. Assalone, Kayla C. Elliott, Sosanya Jones ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This book examines how Performance or Outcomes Based Funding (POBF) policies impact racial equity in higher education. Over the last decade, higher education has become entrenched in a movement that holds colleges and universities more accountable to its supporters. There are pressures to answer questions about student outcomes and performance, the value of education, the effectiveness of ... Read more

    $58.49 USD