Meeting the challenges to measurement in an era of accountability / edited by Henry Braun.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Braun, Henry.

Contributor:

Braun, Henry I., 1949- editor.

Series:

The NCME applications of educational measurement and assessment book series Meeting the challenges to measurement in an era of accountability

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education--Standards--United States.

Education.

Educational tests and measurements--United States.

Educational tests and measurements.

Academic achievement--United States--Evaluation.

Academic achievement.

Teacher effectiveness--United States--Evaluation.

Teacher effectiveness.

Education--United States--Evaluation.

Schools--United States--Evaluation.

Schools.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (577 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

2016.

New York, New York ; London, [England] : Routledge, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Under pressure and support from the federal government, states have increasingly turned to indicators based on student test scores to evaluate teachers and schools, as well as students themselves. The focus thus far has been on test scores in those subject areas where there is a sequence of consecutive tests, such as in mathematics or English/language arts with a focus on grades 4-8. Teachers in these subject areas, however, constitute less than thirty percent of the teacher workforce in a district. Comparatively little has been written about the measurement of achievement in the other grades and subjects. This volume seeks to remedy this imbalance by focusing on the assessment of student achievement in a broad range of grade levels and subject areas, with particular attention to their use in the evaluation of teachers and schools in all. It addresses traditional end-of-course tests, as well as alternative measures such as portfolios, exhibitions, and student learning objectives. In each case, issues related to design and development, psychometric considerations, and validity challenges are covered from both a generic and a content-specific perspective. The NCME Applications of Educational Measurement and Assessment series includes edited volumes designed to inform research-based applications of educational measurement and assessment. Edited by leading experts, these books are comprehensive and practical resources on the latest developments in the field. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license

Contents:

The Challenges to Measurement in an Era of Accountability : Introduction and Overview / Henry Braun

Design and Development of End of Course Tests for Student Assessment and Teacher Evaluation / Steve Ferrara and Denny Way

Design and Implementation Considerations of Performance-based and Authentic Assessments for Use in Accountability Systems / Scott F. Marion and Katie Buckley

Psychometric Considerations for Performance-Based Assessments and Student Learning Objectives / Suzanne Lane and Charles DePascale

General Introduction to Evidence-Centered Design / Geneva D. Haertel, Terry P. Vendlinski, Daisy Rutstein, Angela DeBarger, Britte H. Cheng, Eric B. Snow, Cynthia D'Angelo, Christopher Harris, Louise Yarnall, and Liliana Ructtinger

Validity and Accountability : Test Validation for 21st-century Educational Assessments / Stephen G. Sireci and Amanda Soto

Commentary : Can Campbell's Law be Mitigated? / Derek C. Briggs

Arts Assessment in an Age of Accountability : Challenges and Opportunities in Implementation, Design, and Measurement / Scott C. Shuler, Timothy S. Brophy, F. Robert Sabol, Susan McGreevy-Nichols, and Mary J. Schuttler

Assessment Issues in World Languages / Meg Malone and Paul Sandrock

Use of Evidence Centered Design in Assessment of History Learning / Kadriye Ercikan, Peter Seixas, Pamela Kaliski, and Kristen Huff

Assessing the Life Sciences : Using Evidence-Centered Design for Accountability Purposes / Geneva D. Haertel, Terry P. Vendlinski, Daisy Rutstein, Angela DeBarger, Britte H. Cheng, Cindy Zikar, Christopher Harris, Cynthia D'Angelo, Eric B. Snow, Marie Bienkowski, and Liliana Ructtinger

Assessing Physical and Earth and Space Science in the Context of the NRC Framework for K-12 Science Education and the Next Generation Science Standards / Nathaniel J. S. Brown, Scott S. Maderer, and James Wood

Transforming Assessment in Mathematics : Introduction by Patricia Klag.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780203781302

0203781309

9781135040154

113504015X

OCLC:

958103787

Publisher Number:

https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203781302