Author: Donald L. HymesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
The Changing Face of Testing and Assessment
Author: Donald L. HymesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
The Changing Face of CALL
Author: P.N.D. LewisPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 9789026519352
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
This volume presents 17 perspectives on CALL and language technology from teachers and researchers connected to the CALL Special Interest Group of the Japan Association for Language Teaching. The book aims to shed light on progress in both theoretical and practical areas of CALL.
The Changing Face of Educational Assessment
Author: Roger MurphyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Implementing Performance Assessment
Author: Michael B. KanePublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135452415
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
As the commitment to performance assessments as a strategy of reform has increased across the nation, so has the controversy surrounding the purposes, development, implementation, and effects of alternative forms of assessment. One of the first of its kind, this edited volume provides an incisive and comprehensive account of the issues pertaining to performance assessments. The 10 papers comprising the volume were originally written to establish a conceptual framework for a three-year U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement sponsored national study of performance assessments. Written by leading experts in the field, the papers explicate the central issues regarding the development, implementation, and utility of performance assessments. The topics covered by the papers include: * a discussion of contemporary as well as historical events in the performance assessment movement; * technical characteristics of performance assessments, including reliability, validity, generalizability, and calibration; * conceptualization and calculation of the costs of performance assessments; * the implications of performance assessments on students who have traditionally done less well in American schools, including racial and linguistic minorities; * the fit between performance assessments and organizational change in education; and * the utilization of performance assessment as an instrument of state policy. Readers will find the policy and technical issues covered in this volume to be useful from a variety of academic, research, and policy perspectives including conceptualizing and implementing performance assessments.
Psychological Testing and Assessment
Author: Ronald Jay CohenPublisher:
ISBN: 9780071272230
Category : Psychological tests
Languages : en
Pages : 591
Book Description
This edition examines the philosophical, historical and methodological foundations of psychological testing, assessment and measurement, while helping students appreciate their benefits and pitfalls in practice.
Beyond the Bubble Test
Author: Linda Darling-HammondPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118889290
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 464
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.
Jsl Vol 4-N5
Author: JOURNAL OF SCHOOL LEADERSHIPPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1475817274
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
The Journal of School Leadership is broadening the conversation about schools and leadership and is currently accepting manuscripts. We welcome manuscripts based on cutting-edge research from a wide variety of theoretical perspectives and methodological orientations. The editorial team is particularly interested in working with international authors, authors from traditionally marginalized populations, and in work that is relevant to practitioners around the world. Growing numbers of educators and professors look to the six bimonthly issues to: deal with problems directly related to contemporary school leadership practice teach courses on school leadership and policy use as a quality reference in writing articles about school leadership and improvement.
Changing Perspectives Resource Manual
Author: Resources in Education
Author: Transforming America's Schools
Author: John MurphyPublisher: Open Court Publishing
ISBN: 9780812692556
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
The main theme of this text is that school improvement is difficult, but with appropriate knowledge and firm leadership school administrators can make the difference. It should be of interest to principals, students in education administration and concerned members of the public.