Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
In recent decades testing has become a much more visible and high-stakes accountability mechanism that is now seen as a powerful tool that can be used to drive school improvement. The purpose of this book is to identify and analyze the key issues associated with test-based educational accountability and to chart the future of educational accountability research. Chapter contributions are intended to be forward looking rather than a compendium of what has happened in the past. The book provides an accessible discussion of issues such as validity, test equating, growth modeling, fairness for special populations, causal inferences, and misuses of accountability data.
Table of Contents
Educational accountability systems / Robert L. Linn -- A brief history of accountability testing, 1965-2007 / Lorrie A. Shepard -- The politics of educational accountability: can the clock be turned back? / Lorraine M. McDonnell -- Further steps toward the development of an accountability-oriented science of measurement / Daniel Koretz -- Reliability of large-scale assessment and accountability systems / Vonda L. Kiplinger -- Equating and linking of educational assessments in high-stakes accountability systems / Vonda L. Kiplinger and Laura S. Hamilton -- Standard setting / Edward H. Haertel -- Toward a normative understanding of student growth / Damian W. Betebenner -- Causes and effects / Derek C. Briggs and Edward W. Wiley -- Fairness issues and educational accountability / Katherine E. Ryan -- Accountability and assessment: is public interest in K-12 education being served? / Joan L. Herman -- A view from the teacher trenches: accountability and the betrayal of the standards vision / Bella Rosenberg -- Data for school improvement and educational accountability: reliability and validity in practice / M. David Miller -- Enhanced assessment for school accountability and student achievement / Stephen B. Dunbar -- Learning and assessment in an accountability context / Eva. L. Barker -- Future directions for educational accountability: notes for a political economy of measurement / Michael J. Feuer