Tests, Testing, and Genuine School Reform

Tests, Testing, and Genuine School Reform
ISBN-10
0817913564
ISBN-13
9780817913564
Category
Education
Pages
121
Language
English
Published
2013-09-01
Publisher
Hoover Press
Author
Herbert J. Walberg

Description

The author draws on scientific studies of tests and their uses to show how standardized achievement tests must play a central role in improving achievement in K-12 schools. He explains the central considerations in developing and evaluating tests and tells how tests can best be best used, covering such topics as using tests for student incentives, paying teachers for performance, and using tests in efforts to attain new state and national standards.

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