Test Performance Among College Students of Varying Ability Levels
Author : Anita J. Ayers
Publisher :
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 32,78 MB
Release : 1981
Category : Test anxiety
ISBN :
Testing, Teaching, and Learning
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 25,7 MB
Release : 1999-10-06
Category : Education
ISBN : 0309172861
Book Description
State education departments and school districts face an important challenge in implementing a new law that requires disadvantaged students to be held to the same standards as other students. The new requirements come from provisions of the 1994 reauthorization of Title I, the largest federal effort in precollegiate education, which provides aid to "level the field" for disadvantaged students. Testing, Teaching, and Learning is written to help states and school districts comply with the new law, offering guidance for designing and implementing assessment and accountability systems. This book examines standards-based education reform and reviews the research on student assessment, focusing on the needs of disadvantaged students covered by Title I. With examples of states and districts that have track records in new systems, the committee develops a practical "decision framework" for education officials. The book explores how best to design assessment and accountability systems that support high levels of student learning and to work toward continuous improvement. Testing, Teaching, and Learning will be an important tool for all involved in educating disadvantaged studentsâ€"state and local administrators and classroom teachers.
OE [publication]
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 690 pages
File Size : 35,61 MB
Release : 1967
Category :
ISBN :
Book Description
Research in Education
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 1280 pages
File Size : 29,52 MB
Release : 1974
Category : Education
ISBN :
Book Description
Beyond the Bubble Test
Author : Linda Darling-Hammond
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 12,25 MB
Release : 2014-06-16
Category : Education
ISBN : 1118456181
Book Description
Performance assessment is a hot topic in school systems, and educators continue to analyze its costs, benefits, and feasibility as a replacement for high-stakes testing. Until now, researchers and policymakers have had to dig to find out what we know and what we still have to learn about performance assessment. Beyond the Bubble Test: How Performance Assessments Support 21st Century Learning synthesizes the latest findings in the field, and not a moment too soon. Statistics indicate that the United States is in danger of falling behind if it fails to adapt to our changing world. The memory and recall strategies of traditional testing are no longer adequate to equip our students with the skills they need to excel in the global economy. Instead teachers need to engage students in deeper learning, assessing their ability to use higher-order skills. Skills like synthesizing information, understanding evidence, and critical problem-solving are not achieved when we teach to multiple-choice exams. Examples in Beyond the Bubble Test paint a useful picture of how schools can begin to supplement traditional tests with something that works better. This book provides new perspectives on current performance assessment research, plus an incisive look at what’s possible at the local and state levels. Linda Darling-Hammond, with a team of leading scholars, bring together lessons learned, new directions, and solid recommendations into a single, readily accessible compendium. Beyond the Bubble Test situates the current debate on performance assessment within the context of testing in the United States. This comprehensive resource also looks beyond our U.S. borders to Singapore, Hong Kong, and other places whose reform-mindedness can serve as an example to us.
Resources in Education
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 41,39 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Education
ISBN :
Book Description
The Effects of Knowledge of Results and Test Difficulty on Ability Test Performance and Psychological Reactions to Testing
Author : J. Stephen Prestwood
Publisher :
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 48,43 MB
Release : 1978
Category : Ability
ISBN :
Book Description
Students were administered one of three conventional or one of three stradaptive vocabulary tests with or without knowledge of results (KR). The three tests of each type differed in difficulty, as assessed by the expected proportion of correct responses to the test items. Results indicated that the mean maximum-likelihood estimates of individuals' abilities varied as a joint function of KR-provision and test difficulty. Students receiving KR scored highest on the most-difficult test and lowest on the least-difficult test; students receiving no KR scored highest on the least-difficult test and did most poorly on the most-difficult tests. Although the students perceived the differences in test difficulty, there were no effects on mean student anxiety or motivation scores attributable to difficulty alone. Regardless of test difficulty, students reacted very favorably to receiving KR, and its provision increased the mean level of reported motivation. (Author).
Schizophrenia Bulletin
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 716 pages
File Size : 40,75 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Schizophrenia
ISBN :
Book Description
The International Handbook on Innovation
Author : Larisa V Shavinina
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 1202 pages
File Size : 27,16 MB
Release : 2003-10-16
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 008044198X
Book Description
The breadth of this work will allow the reader to acquire a comprehensive and panoramic picture of the nature of innovation within a single handbook.
Child Development From Infancy to Adolescence
Author : Laura E. Levine
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 1108 pages
File Size : 41,47 MB
Release : 2019-01-02
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 150639891X
Book Description
Winner of the 2020 Textbook Excellence Award from the Textbook & Academic Authors Association (TAA) Chronologically organized, Child Development From Infancy to Adolescence, Second Edition presents topics within the field of child development through unique and highly engaging Active Learning opportunities. The Active Learning features foster a dynamic and personal learning process for students. Within each chapter, authors Laura E. Levine and Joyce Munsch introduce students to a wide range of real-world applications of psychological research to child development. Pedagogical features help students discover the excitement of studying child development and equip them with skills they can use long after completing the course. Digital Option / Courseware SAGE Vantage is an intuitive digital platform that delivers this text’s content and course materials in a learning experience that offers auto-graded assignments and interactive multimedia tools, all carefully designed to ignite student engagement and drive critical thinking. Built with you and your students in mind, it offers simple course set-up and enables students to better prepare for class. Assignable Video with Assessment Assignable video (available with SAGE Vantage) is tied to learning objectives and curated exclusively for this text to bring concepts to life. LMS Cartridge (formerly known as SAGE Coursepacks): Import this title’s instructor resources into your school’s learning management system (LMS) and save time. Don’t use an LMS? You can still access all of the same online resources for this title via the password-protected Instructor Resource Site. Also of Interest: Case Studies in Lifespan Development by Stephanie M. Wright presents a series of 12 case studies shaped by the contributions of real students to build immersive examples that readers can relate to and enjoy. Bundle Case Studies in Lifespan Development with Child Development From Infancy To Adolescence, Second Edition for even more savings!
