Understanding education indicators
Subtitle: a practical primer for research and policy
By: Mike Planty, Deven Carlson
Contributors: Carlson, Deven
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 147
ISBN-13: 9780807751206
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: An overview of indicators; title: What is an indicator?; title: Types of indicators; title: Purposes of indicators; title: History of education indicators; title: What are the qualities of a good indicator?; title: A framework for understanding indicator quality; title: Limitations and distortions; title: Organization of the book; title: Measurement; title: Origins of indicators; title: Moving from origination to conceptualization to observation; title: Making decisions related to definition and measurement:; title: Considerations of reliability and validity; title: Summary; title: Sources of information and error; title: Why does error exist?; title: Populations; title: Selection bias-school testing and the testing population; title: Weighting samples; title: Non-sampling error; title: Thoughts on analysis and dissemination; title: Summary; title: Statistics and data presentation; title: Statistical concepts and measures; title: Common metrics; title: Measures of central tendency; title: Measures of dispersion; title: Statistical testing and statistical significance; title: Other considerations; title: Measuring student achievement; title: Graphics; title: The misuse of statistical indicators; title: Manipulation of indicators; title: Using indicators to advance an interest; title: So what can be done?.