Making Sense of Test-Based Accountability in Education - Softcover

Hamilton, Laura S.; Stecher, Brian M.; Klein, Stephen P.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0833031619 ISBN 13: 9780833031617

Publisher: RAND Corporation, 2002

Synopsis

Test-based accountability systems that attach high stakes to standardized test results have raised a number of issues on educational assessment and accountability. Do these high-stakes tests measure student achievement accurately? How can policymakers and educators attach the right consequences to the results of these tests? And what kinds of tradeoffs do these testing policies introduce? This book responds to the growing emphasis on high-stakes testing and offers recommendations for more-effective test-based accountability systems.

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About the Author

LAURA S. HAMILTON (Stanford University (Stanford, CA), Ph.D., 1997, Educational Psychology, specialization in psychometrics) is an associate behavioral scientist, RAND, Santa Monica, CA.

BRIAN M. STECHER (Ph.D., Education, 1982, University of California, Los Angeles) is a Senior Social Scientist at RAND.

STEPHEN P. KLEIN (Purdue University, Ph.D., Industrial Psychology) is a senior research scientist at RAND. His areas of research include design and direct studies in the fields of education, criminal justice, health, and military manpower.

Edition details

• Publisher: RAND Corporation
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0833031619
• ISBN 13: 9780833031617
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192