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Common sense questions about tests : the answers can reveal essential steps for improvement / Gerard Giordano.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Giordano, Gerard, 1946- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Educational tests and measurements.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 133 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2016]
- Summary:
- Parents had questions about the tests their children took at school. They considered them to be common sense questions. They posed them to the businesspeople, publishers, and politicians who championed tests. They also posed them to the school administrators, teachers, and union leaders who criticized them. Common Sense Questions about Tests examines the questions the parents posed, the answers they elicited, and the changes they prodded. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Why ask common sense questions about tests?
- Why give straightforward answers to questions about tests?
- Why give bad-faith advice about tests?
- Are school administrators driven by tests?
- How much blame do teachers deserve for low test scores?
- Do educators game tests?
- What do students expect from tests?
- What do business leaders want from tests?
- How does technology affect test scores?
- Do testing enthusiasts mask their motives?
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Giordano, Gerard, 1946- author. Common sense questions about tests.
- ISBN:
- 9781475821475
- 1475821476
- 9781475821482
- 1475821484
- OCLC:
- 930683471
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