Rethinking value-added models in education : critical perspectives on tests and assessment-based accountability

Audrey Amrein-Beardsley
Bok · Engelsk · 2014

Utgitt	New York : Routledge , 2014
Omfang	XXI, 251 sider : ïllustrasjoner
Opplysninger	Socially engineering the road to utopia -- Value-added models (VAMs) and the human factor -- A VAMoramic view of the nation -- Highly questionable yet often unquestioned assumptions -- Assumptions used as rationales and justifications -- Test-based, statistical, and methodological assumptions -- Nontraditional concerns about traditional methodological notions -- Reliability and validity -- Bias and the random assignment of students into classrooms -- Alternatives, solutions, and conclusions.
Emner	Educational accountability - United States. Educational indicators - United States. Educational tests and measurements - United States. Teachers. Vis mer... Utdanning Utdanningspolitikk Vurdering
Geografisk emneord	USA
Dewey	379.158
ISBN	9780415820110. - 9780415820127