Title High stakes testing : coping with collateral damage / R. Murray Thomas.

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Description	1 online resource (1 volume)
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Summary	The US No Child Left Behind Act put high-stakes testing into the educational limelight. The purpose of this book is to: describe high-stakes testing; identify types of collateral damage that have attended the testing programs; analyze methods for coping with the damage; and suggest lessons to be learned from the high-stakes-testing experience.
Contents	Preface; Chapter 1: The Nature of Collateral Damage; Part I: Tasks of the Testing Game; Part II: The Testing Game's Players; References; Name Index; Subject Index.
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Subject	Educational tests and measurements -- United States -- Evaluation.
	Educational tests and measurements.
	United States.
	Evaluation.
	Education -- Standards -- United States.
	Education -- Standards.
Indexed Term	pedagogiske
	standardiserte
	tester
	usa
	evaluering
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	Nettdokumenter.
Other Form:	Print version: Thomas, R. Murray (Robert Murray), 1921- High stakes testing. Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, 2005 0805855211 080585522X (DLC) 2005040001 (OCoLC)57475865
ISBN	1410612805 (electronic book)
	9781410612809 (electronic book)
	0805855211 (c. ; alkaline paper)
	080585522X (paperback ; alkaline paper)