Large-scale assessment programs for all students : validity, technical adequacy, and implementation /

• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Tindal, Gerald, Haladyna, Thomas M.
• Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum, 2002.
• Θέματα: Examinations > Validity.; Educational tests and measurements.; EDUCATION > Evaluation.; STUDY AIDS > Tests.; EDUCATION > Testing & Measurement.; Electronic books.

 This work examines both the processes and issues involved in developing and running large-scale assessment programmes. Topics include development of assessments, implementation of assessments and analysis of assessments. 

 Large-scale assessments for all students : issues and options /   Gerald Tindal --   Validation of the uses and interpretations of results of state assessment and accountability systems /   Robert L. Linn --   The relevance of Messsick's four faces for understanding the validity of high-stakes assessments /   Russell Gersten and Scott Baker --   Variation in achievement scores related to gender, item format, and content area tested /   Joseph M. Ryan and Sarah DeMark --   Supporting documentation : assuring more valid test score interpretations and uses /   Thomas M. Haladyna --   Legal issues affecting special populations in large-scale testing programs /   S.E. Phillips --   Consequences of assessment : what is the evidence? /   William A. Mehrens --   Test dimensionality /   Richard Tate --   Choosing an item format /   Michael C. Rodriguez --   Incorporating classroom-based assessments into large-scale assessment programs /   Catherine S. Taylor --   Monitoring raters in performance assessments /   George Engelhard, Jr.-- Issues, strategies, and procedures for applying standards when multiple measures are employed /   Joseph M. Ryan --   Linking bilingual mathematics assessments : a monolingual IRT approach /   Seung W. Choi and Marty McCall --   Participation in large-scale state assessment and accountability systems /   Patricia J. Almond [and others] --   Assessment of English-language learners in the Oregon statewide assessment system : national and state perspectives /   Richard P. Dur�an, Catherine Brown, and Marty McCall --   Determining when test alterations are valid accommodations or modifications for large-scale assessment /   Keith Hollenbeck --   A methodology for creating an alternative assessment system using modified measures /   Robert Helwig --   Out-of-level testing revisited : new concerns in the era of standards-based reform /   Martha L. Thurlow [and others] --   Reporting results of student performance on large-scale assessments /   Jim Ysseldyke and J. Ruth Nelson --   Research to improve large-scale testing /   Thomas M. Haladyna.