Large-scale assessment programs for all students
Subtitle: validity, technical adequacy, and implementation
By: edited by Gerald Tindal, Thomas M. Haladyna
Contributors: Tindal, Gerald; Haladyna, Thomas M
Publisher: L. Erlbaum; .L37 2002 LB3060.68; .L37 2002
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Mahwah, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 523
Subjects: Examinations -- Validity; Educational tests and measurements
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Table of contents: title: Large-scale assessments for all students : issues and options / Gerald Tindal; title: Validation of the uses and interpretations of results of state assessment and accountability systems / Robert L. Linn; title: The relevance of Messick's four faces for understanding the validity of high-stakes assessments / Russell Gersten and Scott Baker; title: Variation in achievement scores related to gender, item format, and content area tested / Joseph M. Ryan and Sarah DeMark; title: Supporting documentation : assuring more valid test score interpretations and uses / Thomas M. Haladyna; title: Legal issues affecting special populations in large-scale testing programs / S.E. Phillips; title: Consequences of assessment : what is the evidence? / William A. Mehrens; title: Test dimensionality / Richard Tate; title: Choosing an item format / Michael C. Rodriguez; title: Incorporating classroom-based assessments into large-scale assessment programs / Catherine S. Taylor; title: Monitoring raters in performance assessments / George Engelhard, Jr.; title: Issues, strategies, and procedures for applying standards when multiple measures are employed / Joseph M. Ryan; title: Linking bilingual mathematics assessments : a monolingual IRT approach / Seung W. Choi and Marty McCall; title: Participation in large-scale state assessment and accountability systems / Patricia J. Almond ... [et al.]; title: Assessment of English-language learners in the Oregon statewide assessment system : national and state perspectives / Richard P. Durán, Catherine Brown, and Marty McCall; title: Determining when test alterations are valid accommodations or modifications for large-scale assessment / Keith Hollenbeck; title: A methodology for creating an alternative assessment system using modified measures / Robert Helwig; title: Out-of-level testing revisited : new concerns in the era of standards-based reform / Martha L. Thurlow ... [et al.]; title: Reporting results of student performance on large-scale assessments / Jim Ysseldyke and J. Ruth Nelson; title: Research to improve large-scale testing / Thomas M. Haladyna