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Common sense questions about tests : the answers can reveal essential steps for improvement / by Gerard Giordano.

By: Publisher: Lanham, Maryland, USA : Rowman & Littlefield, ©2016Description: xix, 133 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781475821475 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9781475821482 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Common sense questions about testsDDC classification:
  • 371.26 G43 2016 23
LOC classification:
  • LB3051 .G515 2015
Contents:
Why ask common sense questions about tests? -- Why give straightforward answers to questions about tests? -- Why give bad-faith advice about tests? -- Are school administrators driven by tests? -- How much blame do teachers deserve for low test scores? -- Do educators game tests? -- What do students expect from tests? -- What do business leaders want from tests? -- How does technology affect test scores? -- Do testing enthusiasts mask their motives?.
Summary: Parents had questions about the tests their children took at school. They considered them to be common sense questions. They posed them to the business people, publishers, and politicians who championed tests. They also posed them to the school administrators, teachers, and union leaders who criticized them. This book examines the questions the parents posed, the answers they elicited, and the changes they prodded. -- Provided by publisher.
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Why ask common sense questions about tests? -- Why give straightforward answers to questions about tests? -- Why give bad-faith advice about tests? -- Are school administrators driven by tests? -- How much blame do teachers deserve for low test scores? -- Do educators game tests? -- What do students expect from tests? -- What do business leaders want from tests? -- How does technology affect test scores? -- Do testing enthusiasts mask their motives?.

Parents had questions about the tests their children took at school. They considered them to be common sense questions. They posed them to the business people, publishers, and politicians who championed tests. They also posed them to the school administrators, teachers, and union leaders who criticized them. This book examines the questions the parents posed, the answers they elicited, and the changes they prodded. -- Provided by publisher.

College of Education Graduate Studies Master of Arts in Education major in Administration and Supervision

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