Improving large-scale assessment in education [electronic resource] : theory, issues, and practice / edited by Marielle Simon, Kadriye Ercikan, and Michel Rousseau.
2013
LB3051 .I467 2013
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Improving large-scale assessment in education [electronic resource] : theory, issues, and practice / edited by Marielle Simon, Kadriye Ercikan, and Michel Rousseau.
ISBN
9780415894562
9780415894579
9780203154519 (electronic book)
9780415894579
9780203154519 (electronic book)
Publication Details
New York : Routledge, 2013.
Language
English
Description
xviii, 298 p. : ill.
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LB3051 .I467 2013
Dewey Decimal Classification
371.26
Summary
"Large-scale assessments (LSAs) play a growing role in education policy decisions, accountability, and education planning worldwide. This book focuses on central issues that are key components of successful planning, development and implementation of LSAs. The book's main distinction is its focus on practice- based, cutting-edge research. This is achieved by having chapters co-authored by world-class researchers in collaboration with measurement practitioners. The result is a how-to book whose language is accessible to practitioners and graduate students as well as academics. No other book so thoroughly covers current issues in the field of large-scale assessment. An introductory chapter is followed by sixteen chapters that each focus on a specific issue. The content is prescriptive and didactic in nature but based on the most recent scientific research. It includes successful experiences, exemplary practices, training modules, interesting breakthroughs or alternatives, and promising innovations regarding large-scale assessments. Finally, it covers meaningful topics that are currently taking center stage such as motivating students, background questionnaires, comparability of different linguistic versions of assessments, and cognitive modeling of learning and assessment"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
pt. 1. Assessment design, development, and delivery
pt. 2. Assessing diverse populations
pt. 3. Scoring, score reporting, and use of scores
pt. 4. Psychometric modeling and statistical analysis.
pt. 2. Assessing diverse populations
pt. 3. Scoring, score reporting, and use of scores
pt. 4. Psychometric modeling and statistical analysis.