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The Truth About Testing : An Educator's Call to Action by W.JAMES POPHAM, Popham, W. James, W. James Popham is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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This book explores the serious destructive consequences of today's testing programs using actual test items to show what tests really measure and why they should not be used to evaluate school quality or teacher ability. The book also proposes more meaningful ways to assess students and to meet the call for accountability in education. The chapters are: (1) \"Classroom Consequences of Unsound High-Stakes Testing\"; (2) \"Why We Test\"; (3) \"The Mystique of Standardized Measuring Instruments\"; (4) \"Confounded Causality\"; (5) \"Creating Large-Scale Tests That Illuminate Instructional Decisions\"; (6) \"Getting Maximum Instructional Mileage Out of Classroom Assessment\"; (7) \"Collecting Credible Evidence of Instructional Effectiveness\"; and (8) \"Wrapping Up with Action Options.\" (Contains 23 references.) (SLD) Classroom Consequences Of Unsound High-stakes Testing -- Why We Test -- The Mystique Of Standardized Measuring Instruments -- Confounded Causality -- Creating Large-scale Tests That Illuminate Instructional Decisions -- Getting Maximum Instructional Mileage Out Of Classroom Assessment -- Collecting Credible Evidence Of Instructional Effectiveness -- Wrapping Up With Acti

Author

W.JAMES POPHAM, Popham, W. James, W. James Popham

Publisher

Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1703 N. Beauregard St., Alexandria, VA 22311-1714 (Product No. 101030: member $19.95; nonmember $23.95). Tel: 800-933-2723 (Toll Free); Fax: 703-575-5400; Web site: http://www.ascd.org

Published

2001

Language

EN

ISBN

9780871207296

Subjects

Education, Study Aids

Rating

3.74 / 5 (31 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14