The Rise and Fall of National Test Scores
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The Rise and Fall of National Test Scores

  1. 288 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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The Rise and Fall of National Test Scores

About this book

The Rise and Fall of National Test Scores examines, in some depth, the nature of test score changes over an extended period of time and in a broad range of subject matters and levels of schooling. The book contains chapters contributed by experts on various aspects of educational tests and score interpretation and uses. The text discusses the interpretations of trends in college admissions test scores and questions about the post-admission performance of ethnic minority students. The book examines general school achievement trends of high school students and the trends observed in broad-based testing programs of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). The complexities involved in obtaining dependable data with which to make informed judgments about reading achievement trends are examined. The text further tackles the positive and negative trends in academic achievement in Science with particular emphasis on the effects of curriculum revision; as well as the problems of mathematics testing. The book then describes test score trends and problems in Great Britain and Ireland, with attention given to the similarities and differences of those countries and the United States. Educators, researchers, political leaders, and informed, interested laymen will find the book invaluable.

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Information

Publisher
Academic Press
Year
2013
Print ISBN
9780120685806
eBook ISBN
9781483216287
Topic
Education
Subtopic
Education General

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. The Rise and Fall of National Test Scores
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. List of Contributors
  6. Foreword
  7. Preface
  8. Chapter 1. Learning, Schooling, Scores: A Continuing Controversy
  9. Chapter 2. College Entrance Examination Trends
  10. Chapter 3. Analyzing Changes in School Levels of Achievement for Men and Women Using Project TALENT Ten- and Fifteen-Year Retests
  11. Chapter 4. Functional Literacy and Writing: Some Cautions about Interpretation
  12. Chapter 5. Reading Trend Data in the United States: A Mandate for Caveats and Caution
  13. Chapter 6. Trends in School Mathematics Performance
  14. Chapter 7. National Science Test Scores: Positive and Negative Trends in Academic Achievement in Science with Particular Emphasis on the Effects of Recent Curriculum Revision
  15. Chapter 8. Trends in Educational Standards in Great Britain and Ireland
  16. Chapter 9. Race, Social Class, Expectation, and Achievement
  17. Chapter 10. The Final Hurdle: Minimum Competency Achievement Testing
  18. Chapter 11. The Implications for Society
  19. Index