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1 online resource (xii, 523 pages) : illustrations |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
Contents |
Large-scale assessments for all students : issues and options / Gerald Tindal -- Validation of the uses and interpretations of results of state assessment and accountability systems / Robert L. Linn -- Relevance of Messsick's four faces for understanding the validity of high-stakes assessments / Russell Gersten and Scott Baker -- Variation in achievement scores related to gender, item format, and content area tested / Joseph M. Ryan and Sarah DeMark -- Supporting documentation : assuring more valid test score interpretations and uses / Thomas M. Haladyna -- Legal issues affecting special populations in large-scale testing programs / S.E. Phillips -- Consequences of assessment : what is the evidence? / William A. Mehrens -- Test dimensionality / Richard Tate -- Choosing an item format / Michael C. Rodriguez -- Incorporating classroom-based assessments into large-scale assessment programs / Catherine S. Taylor -- Monitoring raters in performance assessments / George Engelhard, Jr.-- Issues, strategies, and procedures for applying standards when multiple measures are employed / Joseph M. Ryan -- Linking bilingual mathematics assessments : a monolingual IRT approach / Seung W. Choi and Marty McCall -- Participation in large-scale state assessment and accountability systems / Patricia J. Almond [and others] -- Assessment of English-language learners in the Oregon statewide assessment system : national and state perspectives / Richard P. DurĂ¡n, Catherine Brown, and Marty McCall -- Determining when test alterations are valid accommodations or modifications for large-scale assessment / Keith Hollenbeck -- A methodology for creating an alternative assessment system using modified measures / Robert Helwig -- Out-of-level testing revisited : new concerns in the era of standards-based reform / Martha L. Thurlow [and others] -- Reporting results of student performance on large-scale assessments / Jim Ysseldyke and J. Ruth Nelson -- Research to improve large-scale testing / Thomas M. Haladyna. |
Summary |
This work examines both the processes and issues involved in developing and running large-scale assessment programmes. Topics include development of assessments, implementation of assessments and analysis of assessments. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Examinations -- Validity.
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Examinations -- Validity. |
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Educational tests and measurements.
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Educational tests and measurements. |
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Electronic books.
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Added Author |
Tindal, Gerald.
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Haladyna, Thomas M.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Large-scale assessment programs for all students. Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum, 2002 0805837094 (DLC) 2001033453 (OCoLC)46836811 |
ISBN |
0585419574 (electronic book) |
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9780585419572 (electronic book) |
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0805837094 (alkaline paper) |
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9780805837094 (alkaline paper) |
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1410605116 |
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9781410605115 |
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