edited by Williamson M. Evers and Herbert J. Walberg
Stanford, Calif. :
Hoover Institution Press,
c2004
xiii, 337 p. ;
23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction and overview / Williamson M. Evers and Herbert J. Walberg -- Examinations for educational productivity / Herbert J. Walberg -- Why testing experts hate testing / Richard R. Phelps -- Early reading assessment / Barbara R. Foorman, Jack M. Fletcher, and David J. Francis -- Science and mathematics testing: what's right and wrong with the NAEP and TIMSS? / Stan Metzenberg -- Telling lessons from the TIMSS videotape / Alan R. Siegel -- Portfolio assessment and education reform / Brian Stecher -- Using performance assessment for accountability purposes / William A. Mehrens -- Learning from Kentucky's failed accountability system / George K. Cunningham -- Accountability works in Texas / Darvin M. Winick and Sandy Kress -- Appendix: conference agenda
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Educational accountability-- United States
Educational tests and measurements-- United States