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Educational Assessment
Tests and Measurements in the Age of Accountability
February 2008 | 664 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
Educational Tests and Measurements in the Age of Accountability is a core text for use in a first level graduate course in educational measurement and testing. In addition to covering the topics traditionally found in core textbooks for this course, this text also provides coverage of contemporary topics (including national testing programs, international achievement comparisons, the value added assessment of schools and teachers, and the public policy debate on selective admissions vs. affirmative minority enrollment).
Preface
SECTION ONE: EDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENT IN AMERICA: HISTORY, GOALS, AND APPLICATIONS
1. Issues and Measurement Practices in the Schools
2. History of Testing in American Education
SECTION TWO: THE MEANING AND QUALITY OF TEST SCORES
3. The Measurement and Description of Variables
4. Reliability as a Measure of Test Quality
5. Validity as a Measure of Test Quality
SECTION THREE: TESTING OF STUDENTS BY CLASSROOM TEACHERS
6. Planning and Constructing Classroom Tests
7. Classroom Development and Use of Extended Answer Tests
8. Item Selection and Analysis
9. Performance Assessments
10. Grades, Progress Reports, and Report Cards
SECTION FOUR: TESTING FOR STUDENT LEARNING, TALENT, APTITUDE, AND SPECIAL NEEDS
11. Standardized Measures of Learning
12. Testing of Aptitude and Selection
13. Identification of Learning Problems
SECTION FIVE: NO CHILD, TEACHER, OR SCHOOL LEFT BEHIND
14. International, National, and Statewide Testing Programs
15. Student, Family, and Teacher Factors in Test Scores
16. Test Preparation for Successful Schools
17. Accountability and Evaluation
References
Glossary
Index
About the Author
"For one of the only times in my career, and according to my master's students' positive reactions and statements, Wright's text encourages readers to think closely and with high interest about current assessment in education. The book gives educators strong justification and clarification for what they have been thinking about assessment in their classrooms"
Brescia University
"This is the best book I’ve found for the Test and Measurements course for school counselors."
Caldwell College
This book was requested for one course but turned out to be perfect for a more advanced course on individual assessment. This is a great text for any k-16 evaluator.
School Of Education, Walden University
October 12, 2012
Very good book, could be supported with better teacher materials.
Department of Teaching, Learning and Culture, Texas A & M University - College State
September 6, 2012
This textbook corresponded best with the assessment knowledge and skills needed by K-12 teachers in a master's degree program.
Education Department, Illinois College
January 30, 2012
I like the focus on the whole school environment and how testing fits in historically. I like the clarity of explanations regarding test analysis and construction. I can build on this by adding specific information about music assessments.
School Of Music, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
September 7, 2011
Covered the material at an appropriated level for first year grad students.
School Of Education, North Dakota State University
February 22, 2010
