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Part 1: Foundations. A historical perspective on validity arguments for accountability testing / Edward H. Haertel and Joan L. Herman ; Assessment and accountability from the policymakers perspective / Lorraine M. McDonnell ; Goals for learning assessment / Judith A. Ramaley
Part 2: Design and analysis issues. Issues in the design of accountability systems / Robert L. Linn ; Alignment, high stakes, and the inflation of test scores / Daniel Koretz ; Exploring models of school performance: from theory to practice / Kilchan Choi, Pete Goldschmidt, and Kyo Yamashiro ; Statistical misunderstandings of the properties of school and school accountability / David Rogosa
Part 3: Issues of fairness and consequences. Issues and consequences for English language learners / Jamal Abedi ; When one size does not fit all
the special challenges of accountability testing for students with disabilities / Diana Pullin ; Is the glass half full or mostly empty? Ending social promotion in Chicago / Melissa Roderick, Jenny Nagoaka, and Elaine Allensworth ; High school exit examinations: when do learning effects generalize? / John Bishop ; The consequences of student testing for teaching and teacher quality / Linda Darling-Hammond and Elle Rustique-Forrester
Part 4: Moving to better practice. Data use and school improvement: challenges and prospects / Margaret Heritage and Raymond Yeagley ; Getting things right at the classroom level / Jerome M. Shaw ; Technology and effective assessment systems / Eva L. Baker.
Part 2: Design and analysis issues. Issues in the design of accountability systems / Robert L. Linn ; Alignment, high stakes, and the inflation of test scores / Daniel Koretz ; Exploring models of school performance: from theory to practice / Kilchan Choi, Pete Goldschmidt, and Kyo Yamashiro ; Statistical misunderstandings of the properties of school and school accountability / David Rogosa
Part 3: Issues of fairness and consequences. Issues and consequences for English language learners / Jamal Abedi ; When one size does not fit all
the special challenges of accountability testing for students with disabilities / Diana Pullin ; Is the glass half full or mostly empty? Ending social promotion in Chicago / Melissa Roderick, Jenny Nagoaka, and Elaine Allensworth ; High school exit examinations: when do learning effects generalize? / John Bishop ; The consequences of student testing for teaching and teacher quality / Linda Darling-Hammond and Elle Rustique-Forrester
Part 4: Moving to better practice. Data use and school improvement: challenges and prospects / Margaret Heritage and Raymond Yeagley ; Getting things right at the classroom level / Jerome M. Shaw ; Technology and effective assessment systems / Eva L. Baker.