Education: examinations and assessment

Assessment is a critical component of effective teaching and learning.

Critical Acting Pedagogy: Intersectional Approaches invites readers to think about pedagogy in actor training as a research field in its own right: to sit with the complex challenges, risks, and rewards of the acting studio; to recognise the shared vulnerability, courage, and love that defines our field and underpins our practices.

Gordon shows how we can use assessment to support teaching and develop students' competencies.

Testing is one of the most controversial of all state and federal educational policies.

In the wake of national interest in teacher evaluation, this book examines what we have learned about how and whether teacher evaluation holds teachers accountable and improves their practice.

Intelligence, Instruction, and Assessment shows how modern theories of intelligence can be directly applied by educators to the teaching of subject matter, regardless of the age of the students or the content being taught.

Case Studies in Needs Assessment offers insights about the practice of needs assessment in dynamic, real-world organizations and communities.

This book introduces computer-based testing, addressing both nontechnical and technical considerations.

Practical and concise, this introductory text for language teaching professionals is a guide to ESL assessment and to fulfilling the testing component of TESOL programs in the U.

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This new text provides a state-of the-art introduction to educational and psychological testing and measurement theory that reflects many intellectual developments of the past two decades.

First-Generation College Student Research Studies brings together research from a group of dynamic scholars from a variety of institutions across the United States.

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This book analyses discourses of the use of engagement and motivation in schools globally.

Teachers share one vital characteristic with students: they function best in settings that are organized enough to provide structure and focus, yet flexible enough to respect developmental and personality differences.

Daniel Tomal Ph.

The purpose of this book is to evaluate a new approach to the analysis and reporting of the large-scale surveys for the National Assessment of Educational Progress carried out for the National Center for Education Statistics.

With examples of validation studies, this book demonstrates how to design research investigating the validity of language tests.

This issue discusses ways of constructing, organizing, and managing arguments for evaluation.

Accessible, concise guides for quicker, more effective studyingThese new additions to the Increase Your Score series present key principles and practical strategies for the ACT Writing Test (new for 2005) and the ACT Reading Test, explained in manageable, bite-size sections ideal for the panicked student.

This book brings together policymaker and practitioner knowledge, experiences, and perspectives on the interaction between the assessment and inclusion agenda to the fore.

This book reports on an innovative study into the first five years of mathematics teaching: FIRSTMATH.

Learn the 7 steps to earn a 36 on the ACT-- written by a student who achieved a perfect score!

All the talk of closing the achievement gap in schools obscures a more fundamental issue: do the grades we assign to students truly reflect the extent of their learning?

Evaluation Models is an up-to-date revision of the classic text first published in 1983.

This book is centered on the fifteen landmark cases as identified and required for students taking the College Board Advanced Placement(R) Government and Politics Exam.

'It also incorporates a wealth of information that most supervisors and examiners only acquire through years of experience.

Feedback is often considered to be one of the pivotal enablers of formative assessment.

This second edition of the best-selling, award-winning Design in Five offers new and targeted information for reimagining assessment practices, as well as refined processes and protocols to fully engage learners.

Current economic difficulties and the challenge of competing in the world market have necessitated a rethinking of American approaches to the utilization of people in organizations.

Thinking critically.

Bernard R.

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This edited book focuses on the central and up-to-date issues that represent some of the most relevant challenges and limitations of International Learning Assessments (ILSAs).

Evaluation has played a fundamental role throughout the history of higher education.

Although there has been considerable interest and concern surrounding the implementation of the Common Core State Standards, there is almost no information regarding best practices for getting at-risk students to attempt the rigor embraced by the Standards.

Collecting and analysing data to monitor and challenge school standards is an increasingly important - and unavoidable - aspect of our education system.

This textbook tackles the matter of contemporary learners' needs, and introduces modern learning, teaching, and assessment methods.

Measurement and Statistics for Teachers deftly combines descriptive statistics and measurement in the classroom into a student-friendly, practical volume.

In this groundbreaking first volume of SAGE's Evaluation in Practice Series, best-selling author Donna M.

International comparative studies of student achievement have caught the attention of governments, policy-makers, school leaders and educational researchers globally.

In response to the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB), Systems for State Science Assessment explores the ideas andtools that are needed to assess science learning at the state level.

Favoriser la réussite éducative en implantant une démarche collaborative dans les écoles, voilà ce que propose cet ouvrage.

First published in 1992.

Effective evaluation of a pupil's performance and of resources available is a vital part of successful teaching.

Large-scale assessments (LSAs) play a growing role in education policy decisions, accountability, and education planning worldwide.

Today's educators-pre- and in-service teachers and teacher educators serve increasing percentages of adolescents who have limited relationships to school.

Constructing Measures introduces a way to understand the advantages and disadvantages of measurement instruments.