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Fair Game?: The Use of Standardized Tests in Higher Education - Softcover

Zwick, Rebecca

 
9780415925600: Fair Game?: The Use of Standardized Tests in Higher Education
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0415925606 ISBN 13: 9780415925600
Verlag: Routledge, 2002

Inhaltsangabe

Despite the onslaught of editorials and articles on the subject of standardized admissions tests, few people outside the rarefied world of psychometrics-the statistical analysis of test scores-know about the procedures used to develop, score, and evaluate these tests. Rebecca Zwick demystifies these procedures to present a common-sense view of the politics of education. Highly informed and convincingly argued,Fair Game? connects the mechanics of assessment to broader issues raised by test critics and supporters alike.
Do accusations of race- and gender-based test discrimination hold up to the statistics? Do tests favor those who can afford expensive preparatory programs? Can tests reliably measure our nation's educational achievement? Zwick slices through the incendiary rhetoric that surrounds these controversial questions, and offers solid and straightforward recommendations for more equitable educational policy.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Rebecca Zwick is Professor of Education at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and an expert on testing. She formerly worked for the Educational Testing Service, studying whether tests like the GRE and GMAT are fair and predict success. Her articles have appeared in Education Week and Phi Delta Kappan.

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Verlag
Routledge
Erscheinungsdatum
2002
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0415925606
ISBN 13 
9780415925600
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
240
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