TY  - BOOK
AU  - Koretz,Daniel M.
TI  - Measuring up: what educational testing really tells us 
SN  - 9780674028050 (cloth : alk. paper)
AV  - LB3051 .K667 2008
U1  - 371.26 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Cambridge, Mass.
PB  - Harvard University Press
KW  - Educational tests and measurements
KW  - United States
KW  - Test bias
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [335]-343) and index; If only it were so simple -- What is a test? -- What we measure: just how good is the sample? -- The evolution of American testing -- What test scores tell us about American kids -- What influences test scores, or how not to pick a school -- Error and reliability: how much we don't know what we're talking about -- Reporting performance: standards and scales -- Validity -- Inflated test scores -- Adverse impact and bias -- Testing students with special needs -- Sensible uses of tests
ER  -