Beyond standardized testing : better information for school accountability and management / George W. Elford.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2002.Description: xii, 116 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0810843862 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0810843854 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • LB 3051 .E456 2002
Contents:
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.
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"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.

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