Testing & Measurement

The new edition of Assessing English Learners in the Content Areas: A Research-into-Practice Guide for Educators seeks to provide guidance to classroom teachers, staff developers, and test-item designers who want to improve ESL assessment outcomes, in...

An Age of Accountability highlights the role of test-based accountability as a policy framework in American education from 1970 to 2020. For more than half a century, the quest to hold schools and educators accountable for academic achievement has relied...

This volume was conceived as a "best practices" resource for assessment in the way that Vocabulary Myths by Keith S. Folse is one for reading and vocabulary teachers. Like others in the Myths series, this book combines research with good pedagogical...

Education is a hot topic. From the stage of presidential debates to tonight's dinner table, it is an issue that most Americans are deeply concerned about. While there are many strategies for improving the educational process, we need a way to find out...

Educators and policy makers in the United States have relied on tests to measure educational progress for more than 150 years. During the twentieth century, technical advances, such as machines for automatic scoring and computer-based scoring and...

An Introduction to Wavelets and Other Filtering Methods in Finance and Economics presents a unified view of filtering techniques with a special focus on wavelet analysis in finance and economics. It emphasizes the methods and explanations of the theory...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781616680268Author Russell WaughFormat HardbackPage Count 244Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers IncWeight(grams) 486g

The forces of technology and formative assessment combined! Formative assessment is a must for educators, but it can be difficult to juggle with all the demands on a busy teacher's to-do list. #FormativeTech shows how technology tools can energize...

Build a balanced assessment system and support ESSA implementation! It has never been more important to develop balanced assessment systems that can provide meaningful information, improve teaching practices, and help students learn. The Every Student...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781425802462Author Jamey AcostaFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Shell Educational PublishingPublisher Shell Educational PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781633218932Author Alicia GreeneFormat HardbackPage Count 142Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers IncWeight(grams) 382g

This book offers beginning researchers in psychology and education with limited statistics backgrounds a practical, hands-on guide to the preparation, assessment, and development of quantitative research instruments. With the explicit goal in mind of...

This comprehensive book provides all the information that practitioners need to know about assessment in relation to their pupils with Specific Learning Difficulties. The why, how and what of assessment is addressed, whilst the link between assessment...

So What Do They Really Know? Cris Tovani explores the complex issue of monitoring, assessing, and grading students' thinking and performance with fairness and fidelity. Like all teachers, Cris struggles to balance her student-centered instruction with...

This is an invaluable guide to language testing and assessment. For many teachers of English language learners, the field of assessment is foreign territory. Assessment has its own culture, traditions, and terminology. This training guide is intended to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781580372695Author Janet P SitterFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Mark Twain MediaPublisher Mark Twain MediaWeight(grams) 309gDimensions(mm) 279mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781646321773Author Gail R RyserFormat PaperbackImprint RoutledgePublisher RoutledgeWeight(grams) 219g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781946795489Author Lumos LearningFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Lumos LearningPublisher Lumos LearningWeight(grams) 567gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm...

Grades and grading are an accepted part of modern education. But why? Why do we accept a system that is more focused on ranking students than on learning? Why do we accept the negative effects of standard grading approaches, including turning students...

No sooner is a child walking and talking than the ABCs and 1-2-3s give way to the full-on alphabet soup: the ERBs, the OLSAT, the IQ, the NCLB for AYP, the IEP for ELLs, the CHAT and PDDST for ASD or LD and G&T or ADD and ADHD, the PSATs, then the ACTs...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780817913540Author Herbert J. WalbergFormat HardbackPage Count 348Imprint Hoover Institution Press,U.S.Publisher Hoover Institution Press,U.S.Weight(grams)...

This is the technical manual for the Universal Talented and Gifted Screener.Universal Talented and Gifted Screener (UTAGS)features up-to-date national norms,is effective with twice-exceptional learners,includes bias-free items, andprovides a fair...

Quantitative Data Analysis for Language Assessment Volume I: Fundamental Techniques is a resource book that presents the most fundamental techniques of quantitative data analysis in the field of language assessment. Each chapter provides an accessible...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781945730665Author Lumos LearningFormat PaperbackPage Count 342Imprint Lumos LearningPublisher Lumos LearningWeight(grams) 794gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm...

This book introduces a new methodology for the analysis of test results. Free from ambiguous interpretations, the results truly demonstrate an individual's progress. The methodology is ideal for highlighting patterns derived from test scores used in...

Since passage of the of No Child Left Behind Act in 2001, academic researchers, econometricians, and statisticians have been exploring various analytical methods of documenting students' academic progress over time. Known as value-added models (VAMs),...

Score reporting research is no longer limited to the psychometric properties of scores and subscores. Today, it encompasses design and evaluation for particular audiences, appropriate use of assessment outcomes, the utility and cognitive affordances of...

The chapters in this component of Assessing Media Education are valuable for those who need to know how to develop an assessment plan.About the AuthorWilliam G. ChristBook InformationISBN 9780805860948Author William G. ChristFormat PaperbackPage Count...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781945730610Author Lumos LearningFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Lumos LearningPublisher Lumos LearningWeight(grams) 531gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm...

Agreement among raters is of great importance in many domains. For example, in medicine, diagnoses are often provided by more than one doctor to make sure the proposed treatment is optimal. In criminal trials, sentencing depends, among other things, on...

Written by expert authors Kristina Breaux and Elizabeth Lichtenberger, Essentials of KTEA-3 and WIAT-III Assessment offers up-to-date, comprehensive, step-by-step instruction in the accurate and effective use of the newest editions of the Kaufman Test of...

Feedback that works-for leadership that makes a difference. As a leader, you know that feedback is essential to teachers' growth and development. But crafting the right feedback can be daunting. How do you conduct comprehensive observations,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910202760Author Richard McMunnFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint How2become LtdPublisher How2become LtdDimensions(mm) 245mm * 170mm * 16mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648868200Author Simone BravermanFormat PaperbackPage Count 88Imprint Simone BravermanPublisher Simone BravermanWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 279mm *...

Give your child the support they need in English These new practice test materials for Cambridge English: Flyers (also known as Young Learners English: Flyers) support young learners and include comprehensive guidance for both teachers and...

Collins Cambridge IGCSE (TM) Maths Teacher's Guide - Fourth Edition provides full support and guidance for teaching the revised Cambridge IGCSE and IGCSE (9-1) Mathematics syllabuses (0580/0980), for examination from 2025. Exam Board:...

Presenting higher education teaching as a performative, creative, and improvisational activity, Teaching with Confidence in Higher Education explores how skills and techniques from the performing arts can be used to increase the confidence and enhance...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781989744901Author Carolyn SandbergFormat PaperbackPage Count 212Imprint Tomas EdwardsPublisher Tomas EdwardsWeight(grams) 213gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm...

This is the only revision resource devoted to anatomy at MRCS level with over 200 questions grouped by anatomical region, each with five true/false parts. Anatomy Questions for the MRCS comes in a portable, user-friendly paperback format with answer...

Chan and Colloton's book is one of the first to provide a comprehensive examination of the use and impact of ChatGPT and Generative AI (GenAI) in higher education.Since November 2022, every conversation in higher education has involved ChatGPT and its...