Incentives and test-based accountability in education

SW Elliott, M Hout - 2011 - books.google.com
In recent years there have been increasing efforts to use accountability systems based on
large-scale tests of students as a mechanism for improving student achievement. The …

Validity in educational and psychological assessment

PE Newton, SD Shaw - 2014 - torrossa.com
The concept of validity was introduced formally to measurement professionals within
education and psychology during the 1920s. It is now widely accepted as the most …

State-mandated accountability in high schools: Teachers' interpretations of a new era

KS Louis, K Febey, R Schroeder - … evaluation and policy …, 2005 - journals.sagepub.com
This article addresses conflicting statements about the impact of accountability policies in
which some argue that testing undermines good teaching, while others claim that it …

Alignment of the intended, planned, and enacted curriculum in general and special education and its relation to student achievement

A Kurz, SN Elliott, JH Wehby… - The journal of special …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
In this initial study, the authors examined the content of the planned and enacted eighth-
grade mathematics curriculum for 18 general and special education teachers and the …

Assessing English-language learners' achievement

RP Durán - Review of research in education, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
Although these challenges legitimately concern learners' familiarity with a second language,
the challenges are more complex, particularly in the contexts of large-scale assessments …

A bridge too far? Challenges in evaluating principal effectiveness

EJ Fuller, L Hollingworth - Educational Administration …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Purpose: The purpose of this article is to examine the assumptions underlying efforts to
evaluate principal effectiveness in terms of student test scores, to review extant research on …

[图书][B] School resegregation: Must the South turn back?

JC Boger, G Orfield - 2005 - books.google.com
Page 1 SCHOOL RESEGREGATION MUST THE SOUTH TURN BACK? JOHN CHARLES
BOGER & GARY ORFIELD, EDITORS Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 School Resegregation …

Evaluating the alignment among curriculum, instruction, and assessments: Implications and applications for research and practice

AT Roach, BC Niebling, A Kurz - Psychology in the Schools, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Alignment has been defined as the extent to which curricular expectations and assessments
are in agreement and work together to provide guidance for educators' efforts to facilitate …

The practical relevance of accountability systems for school improvement: A descriptive analysis of California schools

H Mintrop, T Trujillo - Educational Evaluation and Policy …, 2007 - journals.sagepub.com
In search for the practical relevance of accountability systems for school improvement, the
authors ask whether practitioners traveling between the worlds of system-designated high …

Begründung, Implementation und Wirkung von Bildungsstandards: Aktuelle Diskussionslinien und empirische Befunde. Einführung in den Thementeil

E Klieme - Zeitschrift für Pädagogik, 2004 - pedocs.de
Die aktuelle Diskussion um Standards für die pädagogische Arbeit in Schulen knüpft an
sehr unterschiedliche Diskurse an:(a) den traditionellen Diskurs um Maßstäbe für …