Evaluation & Assessment

Promoting high standards in education while striving for equal opportunities under the budget constraints - these are the new global objectives of education systems. This book brings together research-based evidence on the effectiveness of major...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781636202044Author Michael SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Math NotionPublisher Math NotionWeight(grams) 708g

In an age that dictates accountability and verifiability of educational programs, institutions of higher education are called on to justify their programs. To meet these demands, there is a need for improved methods for the evaluation of teacher...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789401572613Author Robert K. GableFormat PaperbackPage Count 199Imprint SpringerPublisher SpringerWeight(grams) 323g

This book consists of 13 papers developed by participants in the ICME 13 Topic Study Group 40 on Classroom Assessment. The individual papers discuss various aspects of classroom assessment, focusing particularly on formative assessment as assessment for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798215598887Author Daniel CovingtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 292Imprint Daniel CovingtonPublisher Daniel CovingtonWeight(grams) 395g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789401167598Author Robert O. BrinkerhoffFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint SpringerPublisher SpringerWeight(grams) 489g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781636202051Author Michael SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 298Imprint Math NotionPublisher Math NotionWeight(grams) 694g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798889865278Author Dr MeenakshiFormat PaperbackPage Count 114Imprint Notion Press, Inc.Publisher Notion Press, Inc.Weight(grams) 281g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798215042267Author Olivier RebiereFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Cristina RebierePublisher Cristina RebiereWeight(grams) 95g

This book addresses problems and challenges that face educational measurement at a time when multipurpose usage of observational data from educational assessments, tests and international surveys has become a growing global trend. While the construction...

This open access book presents a person-centered exploration of student profiles, using variables related to motivation to do school mathematics derived from the IEA's Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) data. Statistical...

Bernard R. Gifford In the United States, the standardized test has become one of the major sources of information for reducing uncertainty in the determination of individual merit and in the allocation of merit-based educational, training, and employment...

Attempting fonnally to evaluate something involves the evaluator coming to grips with a number of abstract concepts such as value, merit, worth, growth, criteria, standards, objectives, needs, nonns, client, audience, validity, reliability, objectivity,...

This book discusses Hong Kong's use of onscreen marking (OSM) in public examinations. Given that Hong Kong leads the way in OSM innovation, this book has arisen from a recognised need to provide a comprehensive, coherent account of the findings of...

Today we are seeing a new form of blended learning: not only is technology enhancing the learning environment but formal and informal learning are combining and there is self- and peer-assessment of results. Open learning cultures are challenging the old...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781631353130Author Ed D Ph D Abigail Stahl McNameeFormat PaperbackImprint Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency, LLCPublisher Strategic Book...

This book discusses the interwoven themes of teacher learning and classroom assessment, highlighting the complexity and intricacy of these processes in a range of very different classroom contexts. The case studies demonstrate how classroom assessment is...

This book discusses teacher evaluation and how it can provide the foundations for professional development. The editors and contributors illustrate how teachers with varying levels of expertise, experience and learning needs can benefit from...

This book analyses and discusses the recent developments for assessing research quality in the humanities and related fields in the social sciences. Research assessments in the humanities are highly controversial and the evaluation of humanities research...

This book provides pragmatic strategies and models for student assessment and ameliorates the heightened sense of confusion that too many educators and leaders experience around the complexities associated with assessment. In particular, it offers...

This book provides pragmatic strategies and models for student assessment and ameliorates the heightened sense of confusion that too many educators and leaders experience around the complexities associated with assessment. In particular, it offers...

Major "paradigm shifts"-replacing one "world view" with another regarding what constitutes appropriate knowledge do not happen over night. Centuries usually intervene in the process. Even minor shifts admitting alternative world views...

This book describes the design, development, delivery and impact of the mathematics assessment for the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). First, the origins of PISA's concept of mathematical literacy are discussed, highlighting...

This book examines the mathematics achievement of immigrant students on the basis of data from the IEA Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS). It combines an analysis of large-scale assessment data with an in-depth exploration of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733239073Author Ken O'ConnorFormat PaperbackPage Count 266Imprint First Educational Resources, LLCPublisher First Educational Resources, LLCWeight(grams)...

The Race To The Top (RTTP) federal education policy fostered a new generation of state tests. This policy advocated adopting common core standards which set a higher level of learning targets for students in the US K-12 education. These standards are...

This reference book is a helpful guide to the vast and sometimes bewildering body of research on the grading of student writing. The volume includes entries for more than 1300 books and articles on grading published between 1970 and 1996. Each entry...

The impetus for this volume comes from reflecting on many years of experience, successes and failures in development evaluation in Asia and Africa, and from recent work supported by the Rockefeller Foundation on Rethinking, Reshaping, and Reforming...

The goal of this book is to emphasize the formal statistical features of the practice of equating, linking, and scaling. The book encourages the view and discusses the quality of the equating results from the statistical perspective (new models,...

Bernard R. Gifford and Linda C. Wing Standardized testing has become a ubiquitous feature of American life. As a major source of information for reducing uncertainty in the alJocation of merit based educational, training, and employment opportunities,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798889861713Author Acharya VishvendraFormat PaperbackPage Count 78Imprint Notion Press, Inc.Publisher Notion Press, Inc.Weight(grams) 204g

This book reports on an innovative study into the first five years of mathematics teaching: FIRSTMATH. For the first time, the study has developed a viable methodology to analyze the knowledge, skills, and dispositions of beginning mathematics teachers...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789401089951Author Daniel L. StufflebeamFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint SpringerPublisher SpringerWeight(grams) 533g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781956512212Author Starr SacksteinFormat PaperbackPage Count 290Imprint Times 10 PublicationsPublisher Times 10 PublicationsWeight(grams) 152g

Many resources are invested in the development and introduction of Quality Assurance Systems in educational institutions all over the world. Our assumption is that, as a result of quality assurance activities, practitioners obtain information about their...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783836461894Author Michael RobertsFormat PaperbackImprint VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Publisher VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Weight(grams) 263g

This open access book presents a large number of innovations in the world of operational testing. It brings together different but related areas and provides insight in their possibilities, their advantages and drawbacks. The book not only addresses...

This book is a report on the academic achievement assessment of Grade-6 students in primary school with a large-scale sample for the first time since the new curriculum reform. This report consists of the general report, reports on the four subjects of...

This book provides a review of the effectiveness of Opportunity to Learn (OTL) operationalized as the association between OTL and student achievement. In addition, it presents an elaborate conceptual map in which OTL is regarded as part of a larger...