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Beyond Test Scores : A Better Way to Measure School Quality / Jack Schneider.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2018]Copyright date: ©2017Description: 1 online resource (336 p.) : 11 line illustrationsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780674981157
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 370.11 23
LOC classification:
  • LA217.2 .S364 2017
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Wrong Answer: Standardized Tests and Their Limitations -- 2. Through a Glass Darkly: How Parents and Policymakers Gauge School Quality -- 3. What Really Matters: A New Framework for School Quality -- 4. But How Do We Get That Kind of Information? Making Use of New Tools -- 5. An Information Superhighway: Making Data Usable -- 6. A New Accountability: Making Data Matter -- Conclusion -- Postscript -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index
Summary: Test scores are the go-to metric of policy makers and anxious parents looking to place their children in the best schools. Yet standardized tests are a poor way to measure school performance. Using the diverse urban school district of Somerville MA as a case study, Jack Schneider’s team developed a new framework to assess educational effectiveness.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Wrong Answer: Standardized Tests and Their Limitations -- 2. Through a Glass Darkly: How Parents and Policymakers Gauge School Quality -- 3. What Really Matters: A New Framework for School Quality -- 4. But How Do We Get That Kind of Information? Making Use of New Tools -- 5. An Information Superhighway: Making Data Usable -- 6. A New Accountability: Making Data Matter -- Conclusion -- Postscript -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index

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Test scores are the go-to metric of policy makers and anxious parents looking to place their children in the best schools. Yet standardized tests are a poor way to measure school performance. Using the diverse urban school district of Somerville MA as a case study, Jack Schneider’s team developed a new framework to assess educational effectiveness.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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