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Product Identifiers
PublisherRowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
ISBN-101475821476
ISBN-139781475821475
eBay Product ID (ePID)219168395
Product Key Features
Number of Pages154 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameCommon Sense Questions about Tests : the Answers Can Reveal Essential Steps for Improvement
Publication Year2016
SubjectEducational Policy & Reform / General, Student Life & Student Affairs, Testing & Measurement
TypeTextbook
AuthorGerard Giordano
Subject AreaEducation
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight14.6 Oz
Item Length9.4 in
Item Width6.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2015-044498
ReviewsThe volume is not propaganda and does not lay out the path to true and right. It does not try to make up people's minds but rather tries to open them to what lies ahead. It invites readers to consider the questions that have been raised about tests and carefully judge the answers that have been provided. (From the Foreword), In this volume, Giordano provides a common sense framework for understanding the morass of contemporary high stakes testing. Multiple viewpoints are considered in an effort to provide both the educator and lay person with a broad sense of the political, sociological, and practical issues surrounding the testing movement., Issues about the value of testing students in schools has been an age-old conundrum. How non-educators, particularly parents, understand the meaning of test results has been clouded in educational jargon. The author provides a text that can allow parents to have issues addressed, information provided, and questions regarding what tests really mean answered., In this volume, Giordano provides a common sense framework for understanding the morass of contemporary high stakes testing. Multiple viewpoints are considered in an effort to provide both the educator and lay person with a broad sense of the political, sociological, and practical issues surrounding the testing movement., A wonderful and straightforward resource for parents seeking jargon-free answers and guidance about educational tests. This useful resource enhances understanding about the purpose of standardized testing and explains how various types of assessments relate to what is going on in classrooms. Most important, Dr. Giordano provides an accessible resource that can promote knowledgeable parental advocacy for valid, reliable, and common-sense educational assessment in our schools., A wonderful and straightforward resource for parents seeking jargon-free answers and guidance about educational tests. This useful resource enhances understanding about the purpose of standardized testing and explains how various types of assessments relate to what is going on in classrooms. Most important, Dr. Giordano provides an accessible resource that can promote knowledgeable parental advocacy for valid, reliable, and common-sense educational assessment in our schools.
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal371.26
Table Of ContentPreface: Who Needs Another Book about Tests? Foreword: (by Raymond P. Lorion, Ph.D.) Chapter 1: Why Ask Common Sense Questions about Tests? Chapter 2: Why Give Straightforward Answers to Questions about Tests? Chapter 3: Why Give Bad-Faith Advice about Tests?Chapter 4: Are School Administrators Driven by Tests? Chapter 5: How Much Blame Do Teachers Deserve for Low Test Scores? Chapter 6: Do Educators Game Tests? Chapter 7: What Do Students Expect from Tests? Chapter 8: What Do Business Leaders Want from Tests? Chapter 9: How Does Technology Affect Test Scores? Chapter 10: Do Testing Enthusiasts Mask their Motives? References
SynopsisParents had questions about the tests their children took at school. They considered them to be common sense questions. They posed them to the businesspeople, publishers, and politicians who championed tests. They also posed them to the school administrators, teachers, and union leaders who criticized them. This book examines the questions the parents posed, the answers they elicited, and the changes they prodded.
LC Classification NumberLB3051.G515 2015
