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“lorrie shepard”

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  • The Future of Test-Based Educational Accountability

    by Katherine Ryan, Lorrie Shepard ...
    In recent decades testing has become a much more visible and high-stakes accountability mechanism that is now seen as a powerful tool that can be used to drive school improvement. The purpose of this book is to identify and analyze the key issues associated with test-based educational accountability and to chart the future of educational accountability research. Chapter contributions are intended ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

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  • A Focus on Hope

    Fifty Resilient Students Speak

    by Frances K. Trotman, Erik E. Morales ...
    Over the course of ten years, this extensive qualitative study focused on the academic resilience phenomenon. The research delves into the educational resilience experiences of fifty low socioeconomic students of color from a variety of racial and ethnic backgrounds. In addition to chronicling specific protective factors and processes active in the students' lives, several symbiotic relationships ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • Measurement and Research in the Accountability Era

    Edited by Carol Anne Dwyer ...
    The subject of accountability warrants thoughtful and dispassionate attention in today's educational environment. The accountability and school reform policies that are put in place today will have wide-ranging and long-lasting consequences for all of the nation's learners. This volume stems from the 2003 Educational Testing Service Invitational Co ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • Educational Change

    From Traditional Education to Learning Communities

    by Clifford H. Edwards ...
    Educational Change: From Traditional Education to Learning Communities outlines the transition of curriculum and instruction as well as classroom discipline historically. Various discipline approaches are described that vary in their applications in terms of the degree of teacher control and student self-direction. Various issues are identified which impact decorum in the schools, in particular ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • Exam Schools

    Inside America's Most Selective Public High Schools

    by Jessica A. Hockett, Chester E. Finn, Jr. ...
    An in-depth look at academically selective public high schools in AmericaWhat is the best education for exceptionally able and high-achieving youngsters? Can the United States strengthen its future intellectual leadership, economic vitality, and scientific prowess without sacrificing equal opportunity? There are no easy answers but, as Chester Finn and Jessica Hockett show, for more than 100,000 ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Demythologizing Educational Reforms

    Responses to the Political and Corporate Takeover of Education

    Edited by Arthur T. Costigan, Leslee Grey ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Education Policy and Politics
    There are dozens of myths surrounding educational reform today, maintaining the school’s role in economic competitiveness, the deficiency of teachers, the benefits of increased testing, and the worthiness of privatization. In this volume, the editors argue that this discussion has been co-opted to reflect the values and worldviews of special interest groups such as elites in power, politicians, ... Read more

    $38.99 USD

  • Applied Measurement with jMetrik

    by J. Patrick Meyer ...
    jMetrik is a computer program for implementing classical and modern psychometric methods. It is designed to facilitate work in a production environment and to make advanced psychometric procedures accessible to every measurement practitioner**.** Applied Measurement with jMetrik reviews psychometric theory and describes how to use jMetrik to conduct a comprehensive psychometric analysis. Each ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Mathematics Teachers Engaging with Representations of Practice

    A Dynamically Evolving Field

    Edited by Orly Buchbinder, Sebastian Kuntze ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This book presents innovative approaches and state-of-the-art empirical studies on mathematics teacher learning. It highlights the advantages and challenges of such tools as classroom videos, concept cartoons, simulations, and scenarios. The book details how representations of practice encourage and afford professional development, and describes how these tools help to investigate aspects of ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • Assessing Performance

    Designing, Scoring, and Validating Performance Tasks

    by Robert L. Johnson, PhD, James A. Penny, PhD, Belita Gordon, PhD ...
    A comprehensive resource for assessment practitioners, this book provides step-by-step guidance for developing, administering, scoring, and validating a range of performance tasks, including literacy and other types of proficiency assessments. The authors explore how to establish the purpose of the assessment and how to develop scoring tools, train raters, reduce rater bias, review scores and ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

  • Preparing Students for College and Careers

    Theory, Measurement, and Educational Practice

    Edited by Katie Larsen McClarty, Krista D. Mattern, Matthew N. Gaertner ...
    Series series NCME APPLICATIONS OF EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT AND ASSESSMENT
    Preparing Students for College and Careers addresses measurement and research issues related to college and career readiness. Educational reform efforts across the United States have increasingly taken aim at measuring and improving postsecondary readiness. These initiatives include developing new content standards, redesigning assessments and performance levels, legislating new developmental ... Read more

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  • Transforming Assessment

    Through an Interplay Between Practice, Research and Policy

    Edited by Robert Evans, Jens Dolin ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This book reports the results of a research project that investigated assessment methods aimed at supporting and improving inquiry-based approaches in European science, technology and mathematics (STM) education. The findings were used to influence policy makers with guidelines for ensuring that assessment enhances learning.The book provides insights about:- The concept of competence within the ... Read more

    $152.09 USD

  • Formative Assessment for Secondary Science Teachers

    "This book places students center stage in the discussion of how we know what students know. Using formative assessment to understand student learning is a theme grounded in good teaching and good assessment!"—Jo Topps, Regional DirectorthK–12 Alliance/WestEd"This book incorporates current research and not only provides an explanation of the necessity of formative assessment, but offers a system ... Read more

    $32.39 USD