| Record Type: |
Electronic resources
: Monograph/item
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| Title/Author: |
High stakes/ Jay P. Heubert and Robert M. Hauser, editors ; Committee on Appropriate Test Use ; Board on Testing and Assessment, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council. |
| Reminder of title: |
testing for tracking, promotion, and graduation/ |
| other author: |
Hauser, Robert Mason. |
| Published: |
Washington, D.C. :National Academy Press, : 1999., |
| Description: |
xvi, 331 p. :ill. ;23 cm. |
| Notes: |
"The study was supported by contract/grant no. ED-98-CO-0005"--T.p. verso. |
| [NT 15003449]: |
pt. 1. Background and context -- Introduction -- Assessment policy and politics -- Legal frameworks -- Tests as measurements -- pt. 2. Uses of tests to make high-stakes decisions about individuals -- Tracking -- Promotion and retention -- Awarding or withholding high schoool diplomas -- Students with disabilities -- English-language learners -- Use of voluntary national test scores for tracking, promotion, or graduation decisions -- pt. 3. Ensuring appropriate uses of tests -- Potential strategies for promoting appropriate test use -- Findings and recommendations. |
| Subject: |
Education and state - United States. - |
| Online resource: |
https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=6630An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information |
| ISBN: |
0585047189 (electronic bk.) |