Meeting the Challenges to Measurement in an Era of Accountability

Henry Braun is Boisi Professor of Education and Public Policy and Director of the Center for the Study of Testing, Evaluation and Education Policy in the Lynch School of Education at Boston College, USA.

• ForewordAcknowledgementsChapter 1: The Challenges to Measurement in an Era of Accountability: Introduction and Overview by Henry BraunPart IChapter 2: Design and Development of End of Course Tests for Student Assessment and Teacher Evaluation by Steve Ferrara and Denny WayChapter 3: Design and Implementation Considerations of Performance-based and Authentic Assessments for Use in Accountability Systems by Scott F. Marion and Katie BuckleyChapter 4: Psychometric Considerations for Performance-Based Assessments and Student Learning Objectives by Suzanne Lane and Charles DePascaleChapter 5: General Introduction to Evidence-Centered Design by Geneva D. Haertel, Terry P. Vendlinski, Daisy Rutstein, Angela DeBarger, Britte H. Cheng, Eric B. Snow, Cynthia D’Angelo, Christopher Harris, Louise Yarnall, and Liliana RucttingerChapter 6: Validity and Accountability: Test Validation for 21st-century Educational Assessments by Stephen G. Sireci and Amanda SotoChapter 7: Commentary: Can Campbell’s Law be Mitigated? by Derek C. BriggsPart IIChapter 8: Arts Assessment in an Age of Accountability: Challenges and Opportunities in Implementation, Design, and Measurement by Scott C. Shuler, Timothy S. Brophy, F. Robert Sabol, Susan McGreevy-Nichols, and Mary J. SchuttlerChapter 9: Assessment Issues in World Languages by Meg Malone and Paul SandrockChapter 10: Use of Evidence Centered Design in Assessment of History Learning by Kadriye Ercikan, Peter Seixas, Pamela Kaliski, andKristen HuffChapter 11: Assessing the Life Sciences: Using Evidence-Centered Design for Accountability Purposes by Geneva D. Haertel, Terry P. Vendlinski, Daisy Rutstein, Angela DeBarger, Britte H. Cheng, Cindy Zikar, Christopher Harris, Cynthia D’Angelo, Eric B. Snow, Marie Bienkowski, and Liliana RucttingerChapter 12: Assessing Physical and Earth and Space Science in the Context of the NRC Framework for K-12 Science Education and the Next Generation Science Standards by Nathaniel J. S. Brown, Scott S. Maderer, and James WoodChapter 13: Transforming Assessment in Mathematics: Introduction by Patricia A. Klag and Friedrich L. KluempenList of ContributorsList of ContributorsIndex

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