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Standardized Testing Primer
AvRichard P. Phelps
Häftad, Engelska, 2007
227 kr
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The Standardized Testing Primer provides non-specialists with a thorough overview of this controversial and complicated topic. It eschews the statistical details of scaling, scoring, and measurement that are widely available in textbooks and at testing organization Web sites, and instead describes standardized testing’s social and political roles and its practical uses – who tests, when, where, and why. Topics include: an historical background of testing’s practical uses in psychology, education, and the workplace; the varied structures of educational testing programs and systems across countries; the mechanics of test development and quality assurance; and current trends in test development and administration. A glossary and bibliography are also provided. The Standardized Testing Primer is an ideal text for teaching this subject to undergraduate and graduate students.
Malfunction of US Education Policy
Elite Misinformation, Disinformation, and Selfishness
AvRichard P. Phelps
Inbunden, Engelska, 2023
749 kr
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A 2023 Choice Reviews Outstanding Academic TitleThe Malfunction of US Education Policy: Elite Misinformation, Disinformation, and Selfishness biased and inefficient information dissemination that has degraded US education research and policy since the year 2001, when a series of unfortunate disruptions began:first, the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act and federal imposition of an idiosyncratic and ineffectual testing program;second, the “big bang” reorganization of the US education testing industry from a stable, cooperative oligopoly run by psychometricians to a commercially competitive free-for-all with more opportunist and customer-pleasing ambitions; andthird, the Common Core standards, which mandated homogenous lower content standards onto the still required NCLB testing structure.Billions from the federal government and wealthy foundations have transformed many once-independent national education organizations into “cargo cult” dependents and promoters of the new order, intolerant of divergent points of view. The research and policy brain trust responsible comprised an alliance of convenience among two “citation cartels” of establishment and reform scholars and politicos, and an astonishingly cooperative and un-skeptical group of journalists. It succeeded in focusing attention on their work, while diverting attention away from a much larger universe of others’ work (by ignoring, dismissing, or demeaning it) that included a century’s worth of mostly experimental scholarship in the fields of psychology and program evaluation.
Malfunction of US Education Policy
Elite Misinformation, Disinformation, and Selfishness
AvRichard P. Phelps
Häftad, Engelska, 2023
304 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
A 2023 Choice Reviews Outstanding Academic TitleThe Malfunction of US Education Policy: Elite Misinformation, Disinformation, and Selfishness biased and inefficient information dissemination that has degraded US education research and policy since the year 2001, when a series of unfortunate disruptions began:first, the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act and federal imposition of an idiosyncratic and ineffectual testing program;second, the “big bang” reorganization of the US education testing industry from a stable, cooperative oligopoly run by psychometricians to a commercially competitive free-for-all with more opportunist and customer-pleasing ambitions; andthird, the Common Core standards, which mandated homogenous lower content standards onto the still required NCLB testing structure.Billions from the federal government and wealthy foundations have transformed many once-independent national education organizations into “cargo cult” dependents and promoters of the new order, intolerant of divergent points of view. The research and policy brain trust responsible comprised an alliance of convenience among two “citation cartels” of establishment and reform scholars and politicos, and an astonishingly cooperative and un-skeptical group of journalists. It succeeded in focusing attention on their work, while diverting attention away from a much larger universe of others’ work (by ignoring, dismissing, or demeaning it) that included a century’s worth of mostly experimental scholarship in the fields of psychology and program evaluation.
Correcting Fallacies About Educational and Psychological Testing
AvRichard P. Phelps
Inbunden, Engelska, 2009
349 kr
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Standardized testing is used for diagnosis, selection, and achievement measurement by individuals in many fields, including psychology, education, employment, and professional credentialing. Its benefits are numerous, substantial, and scientifically proven. However, these benefits are not well articulated or well publicized.In their technical communications, measurement specialists are generally positive about the worth of standardized testing. Meanwhile, those who engage public debate, such as journalists and certain special interest groups, tend to be less scientifically informed and more negative about the value of testing. The contributors to this volume contend that most criticisms ignore readily accessible scientific evidence and have the unfortunate effect of discrediting the entire testing enterprise.Standardized testing bears the twin burden of controversy and complexity and is difficult for many to understand either dispassionately or technically. In response to this reality, Richard P. Phelps and a team of well-noted measurement specialists present this book as a platform where they: describe the current state of public debate about testing across fields; explain and refute the primary criticisms of testing; acknowledge the limitations and undesirable consequences of testing; provide suggestions for improving testing practices; and, present a vigorous defense of testing and practical vision for its promise and future.Those who are charged with translating the science of testing into public information and policy - including administrators, social scientists, test publishers, professors, and journalists who specialize in education and psychology - should find a wealth of usable information here with which to balance the debate.

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Correcting Fallacies About Educational and Psychological Testing

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