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Computer-Based Testing

Building the Foundation for Future Assessments

Edited by Craig N. Mills, Maria T. Potenza, John J. Fremer, William C. Ward ...

Although computer-based tests (CBT) have been administered for many years, improvements in the speed and power of computers coupled with reductions in their cost have made large-scale computer delivery of tests increasingly feasible. CBT is now a common form of test delivery for licensure, certification, and admissions tests. Many large-scale, high-stakes testing programs have introduced CBT ... Read more

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Although computer-based tests (CBT) have been administered for many years, improvements in the speed and power of computers coupled with reductions in their cost have made large-scale computer delivery of tests increasingly feasible. CBT is now a common form of test delivery for licensure, certification, and admissions tests. Many large-scale, high-stakes testing programs have introduced CBT
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Spanish as a Heritage Language in the United States

The State of the Field

by Sara M. Beaudrie, Marta Fairclough, Guadalupe Valdés, Susana V. Rivera-Mills, Jennifer Leeman, Glenn Martínez, Andrew Lynch, Silvina Montrul, Derrin Pinto0, Ana M. Carvalho1, Cynthia M. Ducar2, Kim Potowski3, Maria M. Carreira4, M. Cecilia Colombi5, Joseph Harrington6 ...

Series series Georgetown Studies in Spanish Linguistics series
There is growing interest in heritage language learners—individuals who have a personal or familial connection to a nonmajority language. Spanish learners represent the largest segment of this population in the United States.In this comprehensive volume, experts offer an interdisciplinary overview of research on Spanish as a heritage language in the United States. They also address the central ... Read more

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There is growing interest in heritage language learners—individuals who have a personal or familial connection to a nonmajority language. Spanish learners represent the largest segment of this population in the United States.In this comprehensive volume, experts offer an interdisciplinary overview of research on Spanish as a heritage language in the United States. They also address the central
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The Shriver Report

A Woman's Nation Pushes Back from the Brink

by Maria Shriver, The Center for American Progress, Olivia Morgan, Karen Skelton, Carol Gilligan, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, Barbara Ehrenreich, Heather Boushey, Maya L. Harris0, Ai-jen Poo1, Danielle Moodie-Mills2, Angela Glover Blackwell3, Eva Longoria4, Ann O'Leary5, Lebron James6, Catherine Emmanuelle7, Ron Haskins8, Kathryn Edin9, Tony Porter0, John Bouman1, Wendy Pollack2, Stephanie Coontz3, Jennifer Garner4, Almeta Keys5, Arne Duncan6, Kathleen Sebelius7, Betsy Price8, Nikki Brown9, Jada Pinkett Smith0, Britani Hood-Mongar1, Anne-Marie Slaughter2, Marianne Cooper3, Melissa Boteach4, Shawn Fremstad5, Ellen Galinsky6, James T. Bond7, Eve Tahmincioglu8, Families and Work Institute9, Anne Mosle0, Hillary Rodham Clinton1, Anna Greenberg2, David Walker3, Alex Lundry4, Alicia Downs5, Tory Burch6, Kristen Gillibrand7, Howard Schultz8, Joan Chittister9, Anthony P. Carnevale0, Nicole Smith1, Eduardo J. Padrón2, Nadine Burke Harris3, Ron Manderschied4, Sonya Borrero5 ...

Facts, figures, and essays on women and poverty by Barbara Ehrenreich, Kirsten Gillibrand, LeBron James, and other high-profile contributors.Fifty years after President Lyndon B. Johnson called for a War on Poverty and enlisted Sargent Shriver to oversee it, the most important social issue of our day is once again the dire economic straits of millions of Americans. One in three live in poverty or ... Read more

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Facts, figures, and essays on women and poverty by Barbara Ehrenreich, Kirsten Gillibrand, LeBron James, and other high-profile contributors.Fifty years after President Lyndon B. Johnson called for a War on Poverty and enlisted Sargent Shriver to oversee it, the most important social issue of our day is once again the dire economic straits of millions of Americans. One in three live in poverty or
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The Crime Data Handbook

by Ian Brunton-Smith, Tim Verlaan, Henk Elffers, Sam Langton, Stuart Thomas, Sophie Curtis-Ham, Sarah Czarnomski, Lisa Tompson, Jesús C. Aguerri, Fernando Miró-Llinares, Kirsty Bennett, Tomas Diviak, Craig Bennell, Tori Semple, Bryce Jenkins, Jack Cunliffe, Angelo Moretti, Jose Pina-Sanchez, Thiago R. Oliveira, Leticia Couto, Marta Murrià Sangenís, Cristina Sobrino Garcés, Timothy I. C. Cubitt, Mark Mills, Nico Trajtenberg, Olga Sanchez de Ribera de Castro, Carly Lighttowlers, Lucy Bryant, Olivia Horsefield, Francisco J. Castro-Toledo, Ana B. Gómez-Bellvís, Scott Keay, Jude Towers, Sara Correia-Hopkins, José María López Riba, Raquel Bartolomé Gutiérrez, Esther Fernández-Molina, Rosemary Barberet, Anthony Morgan, Alexandru Cernat, Alex Sutherland, Nicholas Lord ...

Crime research has grown substantially over the past decade, with a rise in evidence-informed approaches to criminal justice, statistics-driven decision-making and predictive analytics. The fuel that has driven this growth is data – and one of its most pressing challenges is the lack of research on the use and interpretation of data sources.This accessible, engaging book closes that gap for ... Read more

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Crime research has grown substantially over the past decade, with a rise in evidence-informed approaches to criminal justice, statistics-driven decision-making and predictive analytics. The fuel that has driven this growth is data – and one of its most pressing challenges is the lack of research on the use and interpretation of data sources.This accessible, engaging book closes that gap for
... Read more
Social Media

Culture and Identity

by Tia C. M. Tyree, Julius Che Tita, Michelle Dovil, Nickesia S. Gordon, Morgan D. Kirby, Maria N. D. Maer, Melanie Tchewo Meulikwo, Brandale Mills, Agbome Salome Nangah, Kingsley L. Ngange0, Jean-Louis Ntang-Beb1, Melvin L. Williams2, Leticia D. Williams3, Kehbuma Langmia5, Angela D. Minor6 ...

Series series Studies in New Media
Social Media: Culture and Identity examines the global impact of social media in the formation of various identities and cultures. New media scholars— both national and international— have posited thought-provoking analyses of sociocultural issues about human communication that are impacted by the omnipresence of social media. This collection examines issues of gender, class, and race inequities ... Read more

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Social Media: Culture and Identity examines the global impact of social media in the formation of various identities and cultures. New media scholars— both national and international— have posited thought-provoking analyses of sociocultural issues about human communication that are impacted by the omnipresence of social media. This collection examines issues of gender, class, and race inequities
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Them Days 7.2

Toys, Games, and Amusements

by Jean Martin, Leo O'Brien, Albert Ryland, George Cartwright, Jill Saunders, Joe Palliser, Pat O'Brien, Victor Fowler, Joe Ford, Margaret Baikie, Flora Baikie, Harvey Mesher, Thomas O. Pardy, Mary Jacque, Joanne Martin, Caroline Jacque, Garmel Rich, Lillian Broomfield, Franz Boas, Eliis Barney, Elsie Blake, Hilda Decker, Alfreda Blake, Maria Ryland, Olive Marshall, Cynthia Cooke, Edna Campbell, Chelsey Lethbridge, Robert H. Davis, Doris Saunders, Julianna Winters, Sam Webb, Greta Davis, Edna Edmunds, Margaret Davis, Rosie Ford, John Edmunds, Stewart Ryland, James Linstead, Emily Clark, E. W. Hawkes, Judy McGrath, Curtis Oliver, Gus Flowers, Duncan Strong, Frank G. Speck, John Michelin, Clara Voisey, Bella Lyall, Bessie Flynn, Francis Hall, Lucien M. Turner, Jim Saunders, Jim Voisey, Ellen Lyall, Tommy Davis ...

Narrated by Aimee Chaulk, Patty Way, Ida Suarak, George Way, Clarice Blake-Rudkowski, Morgen Mills, Beatrix Mills ...

Unabridged

2 hours 22 min

This special edition of Them Days Magazine from 1982 is all about toys, games, amusements and pastimes. Dive into dozens of short stories about dolls, balls, and boats; learn how to slide on seal skins; listen to memories of specialty holiday games and so much more! ... Read more

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This special edition of Them Days Magazine from 1982 is all about toys, games, amusements and pastimes. Dive into dozens of short stories about dolls, balls, and boats; learn how to slide on seal skins; listen to memories of specialty holiday games and so much more!
... Read more
Digital Delivery of Mental Health Therapies

A guide to the benefits and challenges, and making it work

by Emily Rothwell, Kate Elliot, Dan Mills Da'Bell, Lynne Green, Terry Hanley, Claire Wyatt, Mike Lloyd, Maria Karekla, Angelos P. Kassianos, Danae Papageorgiou, Cal Nield, Sarah Rees, Mary Welford, Anne-Marie Yates, Holly Brick, Chelsey Wilks, Derek Farrell, Clair Clifford, Alesia Moulton-Perkin, Taravajra, Jiva Masheder, Kate Cavanagh, Clara Strauss, Frank Burbach, Sarah Helps, Elizabeth McMahon, Phillipa Weitz, Andy Jeans, Simon Leigh, Tim Andrews, Kate Gilding, Liesje Donkin, Terry Fleming ...

This guide shares best practice for delivering mental health support and treatment digitally.Part One considers aspects relevant to all digital mental health interventions, such as therapeutic alliance, risk, safeguarding, working with complexity, and what people are looking for from digital support.Part Two focuses on specific therapies and models, including CBT, ACT, DBT, CFT, CAT and EMDR, and ... Read more

$31.19 USD

This guide shares best practice for delivering mental health support and treatment digitally.Part One considers aspects relevant to all digital mental health interventions, such as therapeutic alliance, risk, safeguarding, working with complexity, and what people are looking for from digital support.Part Two focuses on specific therapies and models, including CBT, ACT, DBT, CFT, CAT and EMDR, and
... Read more
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New Yorkers

A City and It's People in Our Time

by Craig Taylor ...

Narrated by Michael Braun, Ron Butler, Karen Chilton, Andrea Gallo, Catherine Ho, Maria Liatis, Nick Mills, Luis Moreno, Samara Naeymi, Richard Poe ...

Unabridged

14 hours 7 min

A symphony of contemporary New York through the magnificent words of its people—from the best-selling author of Londoners.In the first twenty years of the twenty-first century, New York City has been convulsed by terrorist attack, blackout, hurricane, recession, social injustice, and pandemic. New Yorkers weaves the voicesof some of the city’s best talkers into an indelible portrait of New York in ... Read more

$25.99 USD

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A symphony of contemporary New York through the magnificent words of its people—from the best-selling author of Londoners.In the first twenty years of the twenty-first century, New York City has been convulsed by terrorist attack, blackout, hurricane, recession, social injustice, and pandemic. New Yorkers weaves the voicesof some of the city’s best talkers into an indelible portrait of New York in
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Sigh, Gone

A Misfit's Memoir of Great Books, Punk Rock, and the Fight to Fit In

by Phuc Tran ...

Narrated by Phuc Tran ...

Unabridged

10 hours 47 min

"Tran's story is an American immigration story, and so much more. His delivery is crisp and engaging, and maintains just the slightest element of whimsy...If you're a fan of memoirs and a fan of literature, this is a must- listen." -- AudioFile MagazineThis program is read by the author.For anyone who has ever felt like they don't belong, Sigh, Gone shares an irreverent, funny, and moving tale of ... Read more

$26.99 USD

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"Tran's story is an American immigration story, and so much more. His delivery is crisp and engaging, and maintains just the slightest element of whimsy...If you're a fan of memoirs and a fan of literature, this is a must- listen." -- AudioFile MagazineThis program is read by the author.For anyone who has ever felt like they don't belong, Sigh, Gone shares an irreverent, funny, and moving tale of
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We Have Always Been Here

A Queer Muslim Memoir

by Samra Habib ...

Narrated by Parmida Vand ...

Unabridged

5 hours 14 min

CANADA READS 2020 WINNERSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 EDNA STAEBLER AWARD FOR CREATIVE NON-FICTIONNATIONAL BESTSELLER2020 LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD WINNERONE OF BOOK RIOT'S 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL QUEER BOOKS OF ALL TIMEHow do you find yourself when the world tells you that you don't exist?Samra Habib has spent most of their life searching for the safety to be themself. As an Ahmadi Muslim growing up in Paki. ... Read more

$18.95 USD

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CANADA READS 2020 WINNERSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 EDNA STAEBLER AWARD FOR CREATIVE NON-FICTIONNATIONAL BESTSELLER2020 LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD WINNERONE OF BOOK RIOT'S 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL QUEER BOOKS OF ALL TIMEHow do you find yourself when the world tells you that you don't exist?Samra Habib has spent most of their life searching for the safety to be themself. As an Ahmadi Muslim growing up in Paki.
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Greenwood

A Novel

by Michael Christie ...

Narrated by Kimberly Farr ...

Unabridged

18 hours 48 min

A magnificent generational saga that charts a family’s rise and fall, its secrets and inherited crimes, from one of Canada’s most acclaimed novelistsLonglisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize • “A rugged, riveting novel . . . This superb family saga will satisfy fans of Richard Powers’s The Overstory.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)“There are plenty of visionary moments laced into [Christie’s] ... Read more

$27.99 USD

A magnificent generational saga that charts a family’s rise and fall, its secrets and inherited crimes, from one of Canada’s most acclaimed novelistsLonglisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize • “A rugged, riveting novel . . . This superb family saga will satisfy fans of Richard Powers’s The Overstory.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)“There are plenty of visionary moments laced into [Christie’s]
... Read more
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The Maid

A Novel

by Nita Prose ...

Narrated by Lauren Ambrose ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Molly the Maid
Unabridged

9 hours 37 min

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK • “A heartwarming mystery with a lovable oddball at its center” (Real Simple), this cozy whodunit introduces a one-of-a-kind heroine who will steal your heart.FINALIST FOR THE EDGAR® AWARD • “The reader comes to understand Molly’s worldview, and to sympathize with her longing to be accepted—a quest that gives The Maid real ... Read more

$22.99 USD

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK • “A heartwarming mystery with a lovable oddball at its center” (Real Simple), this cozy whodunit introduces a one-of-a-kind heroine who will steal your heart.FINALIST FOR THE EDGAR® AWARD • “The reader comes to understand Molly’s worldview, and to sympathize with her longing to be accepted—a quest that gives The Maid real
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