Examinations & Assessment

This edited volume presents latest development in applications of Rasch measurement in science education.  It includes a conceptual introduction ch...

Increased emphasis in many school systems on formal testing to mark student achievement and hold teachers accountable has begun to heighten concern...

High-stakes educational testing is a global phenomenon which is increasing in both scale and importance. Assessments are high-stakes when there are...

This open access book compares and analyses the results in twelve countries of the two latest international student assessments: Progress in Intern...

Assessment 101 is your all-in-one guide to conducting and facilitating assessment in specific programs, as well as coordinating institution-wide as...

Value-added methods refer to efforts to estimate the relative contributions of specific teachers, schools, or programs to student test performance....

As the United States continues to be a nation of immigrants and their children, the nation's school systems face increased enrollments of students ...

The 21st century is witnessing a rapid increase in the pace of knowledge creation in the sciences and engineering. Competing in this global economy...

Assessment 101 is your all-in-one guide to conducting and facilitating assessment in specific programs, as well as coordinating institution-wide as...

Science educators in the United States are adapting to a new vision of how students learn science. Children are natural explorers and their observa...

Educators and policy makers in the United States have relied on tests to measure educational progress for more than 150 years. During the twentieth...

The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) - often called The Nation's Report Card - is the largest nationally representative and conti...

The Workshop on the Role of Language in School Learning: Implications for Closing the Achievement Gap was held to explore three questions: What is ...

The United States is formally represented around the world by approximately 14,000 Foreign Service officers and other personnel in the U.S. Departm...

Disparities in educational attainment among population groups have characterized the United States throughout its history. Education is sometimes c...

On October 14 and 15, and December 8, 2021, the Board on Science Education at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a ...

This book offers a comprehensive exploration of digital assessment (DA) in higher education, with a focus on navigating the challenges and opportun...

This book examines synchronous and asynchronous teaching in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Within a few weeks, millions of teachers found themselv...

An insightful inside perspective on the implementation of instructional improvement measures in a large urban K12 district   In When Reform Meets R...

This book is a practical, evidence-based guide for educators at all levels on how to assess and to promote student learning, broadening teachers un...

This book is a practical, evidence-based guide for educators at all levels on how to assess and to promote student learning, broadening teachers un...

'A must-read for school leaders and teacher trainers ... I wish every school leader would read this book' Dr Min Du, Teacher, researcher and intern...

Written by teachers and teacher educators, this book presents practice-focused ideas and provocative questions to help teachers plan for inclusive ...