The paradoxes of high stakes testing : how they affect students, their parents, teachers, principals, schools, and society
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
The paradoxes of high stakes testing : how they affect students, their parents, teachers, principals, schools, and society
Information Age Pub., c2009
- : pbk.
- : hbk
Available at / 5 libraries
-
No Libraries matched.
- Remove all filters.
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-250) and index
Contents of Works
- The high-stakes testing mania
- Why has testing become so important?
- What is a test?
- What human and cultural factors affect test performance?
- What technical issues affect test validity?
- Why is it important to regard testing as a technology?
- Why is the history of testing important?
- What are the paradoxical consequences of high-stakes testing?
- What is the future of testing?
- Why and how should high-stakes testing be monitored?
