TY  - BOOK
AU  - Elford,George W.
TI  - Beyond standardized testing: better information for school accountability and management 
SN  - 0810843862 (cloth : alk. paper)
AV  - LB 3051 .E456 2002
PY  - 2002///
CY  - Lanham, Md.
PB  - Scarecrow Press
KW  - Educational tests and measurements
KW  - Standards
KW  - United States
KW  - Educational accountability
N1  - "A ScarecrowEducation book."; Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
ER  -