TY  - BOOK
AU  - Koretz,Daniel M.
TI  - Measuring up: what educational testing really tells us 
SN  - 9780674028050
AV  - LB 3051 K84m 2008
U1  - 371.26 
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Cambridge, Mass.
PB  - Harvard University Press
KW  - Educational tests and measurements
KW  - United States
KW  - Mediciones y pruebas educativas
KW  - Estados Unidos
KW  - Test bias
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [335]-343) and index; If only it were so simple -- What is a test? -- What we measure: just how good is the sample? -- The evolution of American testing -- What test scores tell us about American kids -- What influences test scores, or how not to pick a school -- Error and reliability: how much we don't know what we're talking about -- Reporting performance: standards and scales -- Validity -- Inflated test scores -- Adverse impact and bias -- Testing students with special needs -- Sensible uses of tests
N2  - How do you judge the quality of a school, a district, a teacher, a student? By the test scores, of course. Yet for all the talk, what educational tests can and can't tell you, and how scores can be misunderstood and misused, remains a mystery to most. This book demystifies educational testing - from MCAS to SAT to WAIS
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip084/2007045473.html
ER  -