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Achievement Testing in U.S. Elementary and Secondary Schools.


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Achievement testing in U.S. elementary and secondary schools.

Baker, Joan Joan

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 Publishing Inc

2006

125 pages

$29.95

Paperback

LB3060

Aimed at beginning teachers, education students, and concerned parents, this text provides a clear and accessible explanation of the history of achievement testing and its basic concepts. Coverage includes different types of achievement testing practices; the use and abuse of test results; and the characteristics of fair and appropriate assessments. Curriculum consultant Baker has been a practitioner practitioner /prac·ti·tion·er/ (prak-tish´un-er) one who has met the requirements of and is engaged in the practice of medicine, dentistry, or nursing.

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, administrator, and supervisor at all levels, from elementary to college. The volume is not indexed.

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