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Changing Schools in an Era of Globalization
By John Chi-Kin Lee, Brian Caldwell

Much has been written about globalization and the challenge of preparing young people for the new world of work and life in times of complexity and continuous change. However, few works have examined how globalization has and will continue to shape education in the East. This volume discusses...

June 2010 | 978-0-415-99330-2 | Hardback (Routledge)
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Handbook of Formative Assessment
Edited by Heidi Andrade, Gregory J. Cizek

Formative assessment has recently become a focus of renewed research as state and federal policy-makers realize that summative assessments have reached a point of diminishing returns as a tool for increasing student achievement. Consequently, supporters of large-scale testing programs are now...

November 2009 | 978-0-415-99320-3 | Paperback (Routledge)
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Improving Testing For English Language Learners
By Rebecca Kopriva

More than any book to date, this one provides a comprehensive approach to designing, building, implementing and interpreting test results that validly measure the academic achievement of English language learners. It scaffolds the entire process of test development and implementation and discusses...

2008 | 978-0-8058-6043-6 | Hardback (Routledge)
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Reading Comprehension Research and Testing in the U.S.: Undercurrents of Race, Class, and Power in the Struggle for Meaning
By Arlette Ingram Willis

This book challenges traditional, sanctioned, and official histories of reading comprehension by examining how ideological and cultural hegemony work to reproduce dominant ideologies through education in general and reading comprehension research and testing specifically. Willis analyzes the...

2007 | 978-0-8058-5052-9 | Paperback (Routledge)
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Assessment of Problem Solving Using Simulations
Edited by Eva Baker, Jan Dickieson, Wallace Wulfeck, Harold F. O'Neil

This volume explores the application of computer simulation technology to measurement issues in education -- especially as it pertains to problem based learning. Whereas most assessments related to problem solving are based on expensive and time consuming measures (i.e., think-aloud protocols or...

2007 | 978-0-8058-6293-5 | Hardback (Routledge)
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Teaching Science in Elementary and Middle School: A Project-Based Approach, 3rd Edition
By Joseph Krajcik, Charlene M. Czerniak

The need for a scientifically literate population that can apply scientific ideas to solve real world problems in the 21st century has never been greater. Yet a growing disconnect exists between this need and the educational capacity to prepare them. The mission of Teaching Science in Elementary...

2007 | 978-0-8058-6206-5 | Paperback (Routledge)
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Grading Student Achievement in Higher Education: Signals and Shortcomings
By Mantz Yorke

A lot hangs on the summative grades that students are given. A good degree opens doors which otherwise might remain closed. Yet, as higher education is now a mass rather than an elite system, what is expected of its graduates is different from the expectations of previous generations. Students are...

2007 | 978-0-415-39396-6 | Hardback (Routledge)
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Behavioral, Social, and Emotional Assessment of Children and Adolescents, 3rd Edition
By Kenneth W. Merrell

This book provides a comprehensive foundation for conducting clinical assessments of child and adolescent social-emotional behavior in a practical, scientific, and culturally appropriate manner. It is aimed at graduate students, practitioners, and researchers in the fields of school psychology,...

2007 | 978-0-8058-5370-4 | Hardback (Routledge)
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The Future of Assessment: Shaping Teaching and Learning
Edited by Carol Anne Dwyer

@text:This volume stems from the 2003 Educational Testing Service Invitational Conference that convened leading scholars and practitioners from education, psychology, economics, statistics and public policy to discuss the important topic of measurement and accountability. The chapters cover...

2007 | 978-0-8058-6397-0 | Hardback (Routledge)
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Applying the Rasch Model: Fundamental Measurement in the Human Sciences, 2nd Edition
By Trevor G. Bond, Christine M. Fox

Written in an accessible style, this book facilitates a deep understanding of the Rasch model. Authors Bond and Fox review the crucial properties of the Rasch model and demonstrate its use with a wide range of examples including the measurement of educational achievement, human development,...

2007 | 978-0-8058-5462-6 | Paperback (Psychology Press)

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