Rethinking value-added models in education: critical perspectives on tests and assessment-based accountability

2014; Association of College and Research Libraries; Volume: 52; Issue: 05 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5860/choice.186145

ISSN

1943-5975

Autores

Audrey Amrein-Beardsley,

Tópico(s)

Educational Assessment and Improvement

Resumo

Section I: Introduction Chapter 1: Socially Engineering the Road to Utopia Chapter 2: Value-Added Models (VAMs) and the Human Factor Chapter 3: A VAMoramic View of the Nation Section II: Highly Questionable Yet Often Unquestioned Assumptions Chapter 4: Assumptions Used as Rationales and Justifications Chapter 5: Test-Based, Statistical, and Methodological Assumptions Section III: Nontraditional Concerns about Traditional Methodological Notions Chapter 6: Reliability and Validity Chapter 7: Bias and the Random Assignment of Students into Classrooms Section IV: Alternatives, Solutions, and Conclusions Chapter 8: Alternatives, Solutions, and Conclusions

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