Meeting the Challenges to Measurement in an Era of Accountability

Under pressure and support from the federal government, states have increasingly turned to indicators based on student test scores to evaluate teachers and schools, as well as students themselves. The focus thus far has been on test scores in those subject areas where there is a sequence of consecut...

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Main Author	Braun, Henry I.
Format	eBook Book
Language	English
Published	Oxford Routledge 2016 Taylor and Francis No Funder Information Available Taylor & Francis Taylor & Francis Group
Edition	1
Series	NCME APPLICATIONS OF EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT AND ASSESSMENT
Subjects	Academic achievement Academic achievement > United States > Evaluation accountability achievement assessment Assessment & Testing Assessment Design Assessment, Testing & Measurement Construct Irrelevant Variance Constructed Response Items ECD Education Education > Standards > United States Education > United States > Evaluation Education Policy Education: examinations and assessment Educational Psychology Educational strategies and policy Educational systems and structures Educational tests and measurements Educational tests and measurements > United States evaluation evidence-centered design Henry Braun IRT Model measurement Meeting the Challenges to Measurement in an Era of Accountability NGSS Lead States non-tested subjects and grades NRC Framework Performance Assessments portfolio Potential Work Products principled assessment design Professional Development Psychological methodology Psychological testing and measurement Psychology Schools Schools > United States > Evalution Selected Response Items Society and Social Sciences Student Growth Percentile Teacher effectiveness Teacher effectiveness > United States > Evaluation Teaching skills and techniques test design testing Testing & Measurement Testing, Measurement and Assessment United States Meeting the Challenges to Measurement in an Era of Accountability achievement evidence-centered design Design Patterns Automatically Scored ECD Approach principled assessment design measurement IRT Model evaluation Task Templates assessment Arts Assessment portfolio NAEP Science Assessment Student Growth Percentile AP World History Henry Braun Construct Irrelevant Variance test design accountability Assessment Design NGSS Lead States ECD Process Professional Development NRC Framework testing ECD non-tested subjects and grades Selected Response Items Selected Response Tasks NCLB Requirement Constructed Response Items ACTFL OPI Potential Work Products Performance Assessments Historical Thinking Skills National Governors Association Center
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Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- 1 The Challenges to Measurement in an Era of Accountability: Introduction and Overview -- Part I -- 2 Design and Development of End-of-Course Tests for Student Assessment and Teacher Evaluation -- 3 Design and Implementation Considerations of Performance-Based and Authentic Assessments for Use in Accountability Systems -- 4 Psychometric Considerations for Performance-Based Assessments and Student Learning Objectives -- 5 General Introduction to Evidence-Centered Design -- 6 Validity and Accountability: Test Validation for 21st-Century Educational Assessments -- 7 Commentary: Can Campbell's Law Be Mitigated? -- Part II -- 8 Arts Assessment in an Age of Accountability: Challenges and Opportunities in Implementation, Design, and Measurement -- 9 Assessment Issues in World Languages -- 10 Use of Evidence-Centered Design in Assessment of History Learning -- 11 Assessing the Life Sciences: Using Evidence-Centered Design for Accountability Purposes -- 12 Assessing Physical and Earth and Space Science in the Context of the NRC Framework for K-12 Science Education and the Next Generation Science Standards -- 13 Transforming Assessment in Mathematics: Introduction -- List of Contributors -- List of Reviewers -- Index