Toward a New Science of Educational Testing and Assessment (SUNY Series in Teacher Preparation and Development) (Suny Series, Teacher Preparation and Development) - Softcover

Berlak, Harold

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0791408787 ISBN 13: 9780791408780

Verlag: State University of New York Press, 1992

Inhaltsangabe

The authors of this book question the assumptions of the psychometric paradigm that underlie virtually all criterion-referenced and standardized tests used in North American schools. They make a compelling case for a new science of educational testing and assessment, one that shifts decision making from central administration to individual schools and communities.

Harold Berlak argues that the concept of tests as scientific instruments validated by technical experts is anachronistic and self-contradictory. He makes a case for a contextual paradigm, an approach which assumes that consensus on educational goals and national testing programs is neither possible nor desireable. Assessment practices in a democratic society must acknowledge and affirm differences in values, beliefs, and material interests among individuals and groups over the purposes and practices of schooling.

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Harold Berlak is an Educational Consultant in Oakland, California. Fred M. Newmann is Professor of Education and Director of the Center on Organization and Restructuring of Schools at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Elizabeth Adams is Honorary Research Fellow at the Polytechnic of East London, England.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: State University of New York Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1992
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0791408787
• ISBN 13: 9780791408780
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 254
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