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082			_a371.26 IMP 2013
245		0	_aImproving Large-Scale Assessment In Education: _btheory, issues and practice/ _cedited by Marielle Simon, Kadriye Ercikan and Michel Rousseau
260			_bRoutledge, _c2013 _aNew York, NY:
300			_axviii, 298 p.: _bill.; _c26 cm
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index
520			_a"Large-scale assessments (LSAs) play a growing role in education policy decisions, accountability, and education planning worldwide. This book focuses on central issues that are key components of successful planning, development and implementation of LSAs. The book?s main distinction is its focus on practice- based, cutting-edge research. This is achieved by having chapters co-authored by world-class researchers in collaboration with measurement practitioners. The result is a how-to book whose language is accessible to practitioners and graduate students as well as academics. No other book so thoroughly covers current issues in the field of large-scale assessment. An introductory chapter is followed by sixteen chapters that each focus on a specific issue. The content is prescriptive and didactic in nature but based on the most recent scientific research. It includes successful experiences, exemplary practices, training modules, interesting breakthroughs or alternatives, and promising innovations regarding large-scale assessments. Finally, it covers meaningful topics that are currently taking center stage such as motivating students, background questionnaires, comparability of different linguistic versions of assessments, and cognitive modeling of learning and assessment"
650			_aEducational tests and measurements _xMethodology
700			_aRousseau, Michel _d1971- _eeditor
700			_aErcikan, Kadriye _eeditor
700			_aSimon, Marielle. _eeditor
942			_2ddc _cBOOK
999			_c9156 _d9156