Beyond standardized testing : better information for school accountability and management - Elford, George W. (Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2002)
What counts in accountability? -- The reliance on standardized special event testing -- The rap against standardized testing -- Standardized means interpretable -- Which comes first, the curriculum or the test? -- Hyping student performance via the cram curriculum -- What ever happened to the Scholastic Aptitude Test? -- Avoiding the information age -- National attention to content and performance standards -- Teachers know best -- Envisioning an instructional management information system -- How an instructional management information system would work -- Providing a truly "public" education via the Internet -- Rubrics and grades -- A new credential -- By-product I -- By-product II -- A 21st century federal initiative in education.
"A ScarecrowEducation book."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Educational tests and measurements -- Standards -- United States; Educational accountability -- United States