Evaluation & Assessment

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...

'A unique blend of scholarly research-based principles of effective formative assessment with practical suggestions for use in the classroom. The authors show how the essence of formative assessment is in teachers' responses to the substance students'...

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 book explores meaningful and effective use of student voice in urban school renewal efforts through strategies that include: surveys, interviews, focus groups, visual and video projects, social media, and student participation in governance...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781941799536Author Quamrul H MazumderFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Pen & Publish, Inc.Publisher Pen & Publish, Inc.Weight(grams) 395g

Measuring Up revisits vital issues of equity and assessment through the research efforts and insights of many of the nation's most prominent educators and assessment experts. As its most urgent purpose, the publication aims to sensitize readers to the...

This book explores the emerging trends and patterns in online student evaluations of teaching and how online reviews have transformed the teacher-student relationship as developments in technology have altered consumer behaviors. While consumers at large...

This book introduces the design and implementation of an assessment model for a new university-level English curriculum in China that aims at developing digital literacy skills. The assessment approach, embedded in the curriculum of an online modular...

This volume builds a conceptual basis for assessment promoting learning in Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) classrooms and proposes practical assessment approaches and activities that CLIL teachers can apply in the classroom. CLIL as an...

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...

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...

Decision-Oriented Educational Research considers a form of educational research that is designed to be directly relevant to the current information requirements of those who are shaping educational policy or managing edu cational systems. It was written...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781946795939Author Lumos LearningFormat PaperbackPage Count 318Imprint Lumos Information Services, LLCPublisher Lumos Information Services, LLCWeight(grams)...

This book offers a coherent research-based overview and analysis of theories and practices in using data to improve student learning. It clarifies what 'use of data' means and differentiates the different levels of decision-making in education (relating...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915502599Author Avril McMonagleFormat PaperbackPage Count 210Imprint Orla Kelly PublishingPublisher Orla Kelly PublishingWeight(grams) 345g

The impetus for this volume lives in a rich and vibrant past. It is organized to honor one of the founders and most prolific contributors to the profession and transdiscipline of evaluation -- Professor Michael Scriven, and to illuminate the future of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789401074865Author Mary F. BerneyFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint SpringerPublisher SpringerWeight(grams) 266g

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,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789357770668Author Prachi Datar PendurkarFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint Prachi Datar PendurkarPublisher Prachi Datar PendurkarWeight(grams) 186g

In this book, Ernie House reframes how we think about evaluation by reconsidering three key concepts of values, biases, and practical wisdom. The first part of the book reconstructs core evaluation concepts, with a focus on the origins of our values and...

This book examines the role of the inspector within the context of a number of OECD member states and explores the ways in which the inspectors themselves interpret, implement and influence inspection practices and policy. Inspection policy can have...

During the past two decades, evaluation has come to play an increasingly important role in the operation of educational and social programs by national, state, and local agencies. Mandates by federal funding agencies that programs they sponsored be...

In response to the emerging need to develop teachers as professionals who evaluate their own work, this book presents the foundations of self-evaluation as well as self-evaluation models and tools that are likely to help educational practitioners to...

Ability to use information and communication technologies (ICT) is an imperative for effective participation in today's digital age. Schools worldwide are responding to the need to provide young people with that ability. But how effective are they in...

This book presents a number of fundamentally challenging perspectives that have been brought to the fore by the national tests on religious education (RE) in Sweden. It particularly focuses on the content under the heading Ethics. It is common knowledge...

This book explores the construct of reading comprehension by means of two main test methods. Research methods like the think aloud protocol and eye tracking are employed to tap into test-takers' cognitive processes while engaged in input text meaning...