Uses and misuses of data for educational accountability and improvement
By: edited by Joan L. Herman ; Edward H. Haertel.
Contributors: Herman, Joan L.; Haertel, Edward.; National Society for the Study of Education.
Series: Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education -- 104th, pt. 2
Publisher: NSSE; Distributed by Blackwell Pub.
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Chicago; Malden, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 383
Subjects: Educational accountability; Educational statistics
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Part one: Foundations:   A historical perspective on validity arguments for accountability testing / Edward H. Haertel and Joan L. Herman; title: Assessment and accountability from the policymakers perspective / Lorraine M. McDonnell; title: Goals for learning assessment / Judith A. Ramaley.  Part two: Design and analysis issues:  Issues in the design of accountability systems / Robert L. Linn; title: Alignment, high stakes, and the inflation of test scores / Daniel Koretz; title: Exploring models of school performance: from theory to practice / Kilchan Choi, Pete Goldschmidt, and Kyo Yamashiro; title: Statistical misunderstandings of the properties of school and school accountability / David Rogosa.  Part three: Issues of fairness and consequences.  Issues and consequences for English language learners / Jamal Abedi.; title: When one size does not fit all - the special challenges of accountability testing for students with disabilities / Diana Pullin; title: Is the glass half full or mostly empty?  Ending social promotion in Chicago / Melissa Roderick, Jenny Nagoaka, and Elaine Allensworth; title: High school exit examinations: when do learning effects generalize? / John Bishop; title: The consequences of student testing for teaching and teacher quality / Linda Darling-Hammond and Elle Rustique-Forrester.  Part four: Moving to better practice.  Data use and school improvment: challenges and prospects / Margaret Heritage and Raymond Yeagley; title: Getting things right at the classroom level / Jerome M. Shaw; title: Technology and effective assessment systems / Eva L. Baker.