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100	1		_aKoretz, Daniel M., _d1949- _97931
245	1	0	_aMeasuring up : _bwhat educational testing really tells us / _cDaniel Koretz.
260			_aCambridge, Mass. : _bHarvard University Press, _c2008.
300			_a353 p. : _bill., maps ; _c22 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [335]-343) and index.
505	0		_aIf 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.
520			_aHow 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
650		0	_aEducational tests and measurements _zUnited States.
650		4	_aMediciones y pruebas educativas _zEstados Unidos _91692
650		0	_aTest bias _zUnited States.
856	4	1	_3Table of contents only _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip084/2007045473.html
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