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“michael b kane”

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  • Implementing Performance Assessment

    Promises, Problems, and Challenges

    Edited by Michael B. Kane, Ruth Mitchell ...
    As the commitment to performance assessments as a strategy of reform has increased across the nation, so has the controversy surrounding the purposes, development, implementation, and effects of alternative forms of assessment. One of the first of its kind, this edited volume provides an incisive and comprehensive account of the issues pertaining to performance assessments. The 10 papers ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Principles and Practices of Performance Assessment

    by Nidhi Khattri, Alison L. Reeve, Michael B. Kane ...
    This volume explores the recent national trend toward adoption of performance assessments. Embraced at all levels of educational decision-making--state, district, school, and teacher--the shapes these assessments take and the affects they have at the classroom level can differ significantly from one setting to another.Based on case studies of 16 schools, this study describes what performance ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

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  • Standard Setting in Education

    The Nordic Countries in an International Perspective

    Edited by Sigrid Blömeke, Jan-Eric Gustafsson ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This book summarizes the international evidence on methodological issues in standard setting in education. By critically discussing the standard-setting practices implemented in the Nordic countries and by presenting new methodological approaches, it offers fresh perspectives on the current research.Standard setting targets crucial societal objectives by defining educational benchmarks at ... Read more

    $134.99 USD

  • Academically Adrift

    Limited Learning on College Campuses

    by Richard Arum, Josipa Roksa ...
    In spite of soaring tuition costs, more and more students go to college every year. A bachelor’s degree is now required for entry into a growing number of professions. And some parents begin planning for the expense of sending their kids to college when they’re born. Almost everyone strives to go, but almost no one asks the fundamental question posed by Academically Adrift: are undergraduates ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • How To Pass Psychometric Tests

    This book gives you information, confidence and plenty of practice

    by Andrea Shavick ...
    In this book, author Andrea Shavick explains all there is to know about psychometric tests: what they are, what they measure, who uses them, why they're used, how they're changing, how to survive them, and even how to avoid them altogether! It includes 35 different, genuine, practice test from SHL Group pls, the world's biggest test publisher. It has 265 questions covering verbal, numerical, ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Achieving your Assessment and Quality Assurance Units (TAQA)

    by Ann Gravells ...
    Series series Further Education and Skills
    This edition of the focused and comprehensive text written for TAQA learners and all trainee assessors and quality assurers is another essential support text from bestselling author Ann Gravells. The content covers all assessor and quality assurance units and is easy-to-read and clearly structured. This edition has been enhanced with new chapters; and has activities and examples to help you link ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • Fear and Learning in America

    Bad Data, Good Teachers, and the Attack on Public Education

    by John Kuhn ...
    Series series Teaching for Social Justice Series
    In this moving account*,* “America’s Superintendent” John Kuhn lays bare the scare tactics at the root of the modern school “reform” movement. Kuhn conveys a deeply held passion for the mission and promise of public education through his own experience as a school administrator in Texas. When his “Alamo Letter” first appeared in the Washington Post, it galvanized the educational community in a ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • Scoring Rubrics in the Classroom

    Using Performance Criteria for Assessing and Improving Student Performance

    by Jay McTighe, Judith A. Arter ...
    Series series Experts In Assessment Series
    A practical guide to more effective assessment for improved student learningLearn how to be more consistent in judging student performance, and help your students become more effective at assessing their own learning! This book offers a practical approach to assessing challenging but necessary performance tasks, like creative writing, "real-world" research projects, and cooperative group ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

  • From Standards to Rubrics in Six Steps

    Tools for Assessing Student Learning

    by Kathleen B. Burke ...
    "A wonderfully practical book that contains real examples from real teachers, helpful checklists, and rubrics. I particularly like the application and reflection pages."—Julie Davis, Executive Director, The Ohio Association of Elementary School Administrators*"*From Standards to Rubrics in Six Steps outlines an easy-to-follow process for designing and organizing standards-based instruction that ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • The Myth of Achievement Tests

    The GED and the Role of Character in American Life

    Edited by James J. Heckman, John Eric Humphries, Tim Kautz ...
    Achievement tests play an important role in modern societies. They are used to evaluate schools, to assign students to tracks within schools, and to identify weaknesses in student knowledge. The GED is an achievement test used to grant the status of high school graduate to anyone who passes it. GED recipients currently account for 12 percent of all high school credentials issued each year in the ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • Designing Middle and High School Instruction and Assessment

    Using the Cognitive Domain

    Edited by John L. Badgett, Edwin P. Christmann ...
    "This is the only book that takes a step-by-step approach to student assessment at the middle and secondary school levels. This book is a unique contribution to the field of evaluation and assessment."—John Hoyle, Professor of Educational AdministrationTexas A&M UniversityCreate objectives and assessments that tap into all levels of Bloom′s Taxonomy!While today′s curriculum is largely driven by ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Designing Listening Tests

    A Practical Approach

    by Rita Green ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book examines the crucial role that sound file selection plays in assessing listening ability and introduces the reader to the procedure of textmapping, which explores how to exploit a sound file. The book discusses the role of the task identifier, the task instructions and the example, and analyses the strengths and weaknesses of different test methods. Guidelines for developing listening ... Read more

    $28.99 USD