Authors: W. James Popham
ISBN-13: 9780415949477, ISBN-10: 0415949475
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Taylor & Francis, Inc.
Date Published: April 2004
Edition: 1st Edition
W. James Popham is a nationally recognized expert on educational testing. For 30 years he taught courses at UCLA in instructional methods for prospective teachers, and courses in evaluation and measurement. He has written 20 books and more than 250 articles, reports, and papers on the subject.
In America's "Failing" Schools, W. James Popham provides parents and teachers explanations of No Child Left Behind as a whole, walking them through the implications for standardized testing in particular, in language that is uncomplicated and straightforward. Popham offers definitions of the law and its key terms, explanations of what it really means when a school is labeled "failing," and concrete suggestions for what can be done in response.
Dedication | ||
Acknowledgments | ||
Introduction : schools under scrutiny | 1 | |
Pt. I | The No Child Left Behind act | |
1 | A major education law's testing requirements | 13 |
2 | Adequate yearly progress (AYP) : little letters, big impact | 21 |
3 | Report cards and sanctions | 37 |
Pt. II | Educational tests : the heart of the matter | |
4 | Some nuts and bolts of educational testing | 49 |
5 | Measuring temperature with a tablespoon | 61 |
6 | Today's standards-based tests | 75 |
7 | Instructionally supportive accountability tests | 83 |
Pt. III | Evaluating schools | |
8 | The evidence needed to evaluate schools | 95 |
9 | Student affect | 105 |
10 | Determining a particular school's quality | 117 |
Conclusion : what to do now? | 133 | |
Additional reading | 153 | |
Notes | 157 |