Rethinking value-added models in education: critical perspectives on tests and assessment-based accountability
Author(s)
Amrein-beardsley, Audrey (author.)
Amrein-beardsley, Audrey (author.)
Socially Engineering The Road To Utopia -- Value-added Models (vams) And The Human Factor -- A Vamoramic View Of The Nation -- Highly Questionable Yet Often Unquestioned Assumptions -- Assumptions Used As Rationales And Justifications -- Test-based, Statistical, And Methodological Assumptions -- Nontraditional Concerns About Traditional Methodological Notions -- Reliability And Validity -- Bias And The Random Assignment Of Students Into Classrooms -- Alternatives, Solutions, And Conclusions. Audrey Amrein-beardsley. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.
Keywords
Educational accountability, Educational accountability--United States, Educational indicators, Educational indicators--United States, Educational tests and measurements, Educational tests and measurements--United States, Teachers--Rating of--Mathematical models, Teachers--Rating of--United States--Mathematical models, LB2806.22 .A46 2014, 379.1/58
Educational accountability, Educational accountability--United States, Educational indicators, Educational indicators--United States, Educational tests and measurements, Educational tests and measurements--United States, Teachers--Rating of--Mathematical models, Teachers--Rating of--United States--Mathematical models, LB2806.22 .A46 2014, 379.1/58
Name in long format: | Rethinking Value-added Models In Education: Critical Perspectives On Tests And Assessment-based Accountability Critical Perspectives On Tests And Assessment-based Accountability |
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ISBN-10: | 0203409906 |
ISBN-13: | 9780203409909 |
Book language: | en |
Edition: | 1 |
Binding: | Hardcover |
Publisher: | Routledge |
Dimensions: | xix, 251 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. |