The ABCs of educational testing demystifying the tools that shape our schools

Amplify your assessment literacy. Formative, data-driven, high-stakes-we all know the buzzwords surrounding educational testing. But we often shelve our understanding of these because they are overwhelmingly complex. Those who care about our schools and students-teachers, administrators, policymake...

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Main Author: Popham, W. James (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Thousand Oaks, California Corwin 2017
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