High stakes : testing for tracking, promotion, and graduation / Jay P. Heubert and Robert M. Hauser, editors ; Committee on Appropriate Test Use ; Board on Testing and Assessment, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council.
" ... focuses on how testing is used in schools to make decisions about tracking and placement, promotion and retention, and awarding or withholding high school diplomas ... sorts out the controversies that emerge when a test score can open or close gates on a student's educational pathway...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
National Academy Press,
1999.
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| Summary: | " ... focuses on how testing is used in schools to make decisions about tracking and placement, promotion and retention, and awarding or withholding high school diplomas ... sorts out the controversies that emerge when a test score can open or close gates on a student's educational pathway."--Online caalog description. |
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| Item Description: | "The study was supported by contract/grant number edition-98-CO-0005"--Title page verso. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 331 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0585047189 9780585047188 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Source of description: Print version record. |