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Measurement and Evaluation in the Schools
Measurement and Evaluation in the Schools Author:Blaine R. Worthen, Walter R. Borg, Karl R. White Intended to show how assessment measures can be applied easily to real-life, day-to-day teaching situations, this text teaches students basic assessment principles and issues, and helps them interpret the quality and usefulness of specific measures. Adopting a jargon-free, applications oriented approach, the text includes historical data as well... more » as current trends in testing. Strong coverage of "hot" topics in assessment, such as "authentic" assessment approaches, national trends in achievement s cores, minimum competency testing, the use of tests to certify teacher competence, and the use of microcomputers in classroom and school testing.« less