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Equity and Excellence in Educational Testing and Assessment

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  • © 1995

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Editors:
  1. Michael T. Nettles

    1. School of Education, University of Michigan, USA

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  2. Arie L. Nettles

    1. School of Education, University of Michigan, USA

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Part of the book series: Evaluation in Education and Human Services (EEHS, volume 40)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Identifying Equity Challenges in the Context of Educational Testing and Assessment Reform

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction: The Pursuit of Equity in Educational Testing and Assessment

      • Michael T. Nettles, Alison R. Bernstein
      Pages 3-21

    3. A Technological and Historical Consideration of Equity Issues Associated with Proposals to Change Our Nation’s Testing Policy

      • George F. Madaus
      Pages 23-68

    4. Diversity, Assessment, and Equity in Educational Reform

      • Eva L. Baker, Harold F. O’Neil Jr.
      Pages 69-87

    5. Equity Issues In Performance-Based Assessment

      • Linda Darling-Hammond
      Pages 89-114

    6. Some Prerequisites for the Establishment of Equitable, Inclusive Multicultural Assessment Systems

      • Monty Neill
      Pages 115-157

  3. Reforms in Assessment and Testing: Are New Practices Better and More Equitable?

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 159-159
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    2. Achieving Equity: Counting on the Classroom

      • Mary Anderson Barr, Jacqueline Cheong
      Pages 161-184

    3. Equity and Validity Considerations in the Design and Implementation of a Mathematics Performance Assessment: The Experience of the QUASAR Project

      • Suzanne Lane, Edward A. Silver
      Pages 185-219

    4. Performance-Based Assessments: Contributor or Detractor to Equity?

      • Linda F. Winfield
      Pages 221-241

    5. Equity and Excellence in Group-Administered and Performance-Based Assessments

      • Samuel J. Meisels, Aviva Dorfman, Dorothy Steele
      Pages 243-261

  4. Impact of Assessment Reforms at Three Levels: The Classroom, the State, and the Nation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 263-263
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    2. Using New Forms of Assessment to Assist in Achieving Student Equity: Experiences of the CCSSO State Collaborative on Assessment and Student Standards

      • Edward D. Roeber
      Pages 265-288

    3. The Effect of Expectations on Achieving Equity in State-Wide Testing: Lessons From Massachusetts

      • Elizabeth Badger
      Pages 289-308

    4. Toward National Standards and Testing: The Educational Equity Imperative

      • Donald M. Stewart, Howard T. Everson
      Pages 309-325

    5. Equity Issues in Teacher Assessment

      • Carol Anne Dwyer, Paul A. Ramsey
      Pages 327-342

    6. Visions of Equity in National Assessments

      • Sylvia T. Johnson
      Pages 343-366

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 367-377
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5 TABLE I Average Reading Proficiency and Achievement Levels by RacelEthnicity Grades 4 8 and 12 1992 Reading Assessment Percentage of Student At or Above Percentage of Average Proficient Basic Below Basic Advanced I Students Proficiency I Grade 4 White 71 226 6 31 68 J2 69 16 193 0 Black 7 31 Hispanic 9 202 2 13 41 59 Asian/Pacific Islander 2 216 2 21 55 45 American Indian 2 208 2 15 50 50 Grade 8 70 White 268 3 34 77 23 Black 16 238 0 8 44 56 Hispanic 10 242 I 13 49 51 AsianlPacific Islander 3 270 6 38 77 23 American Indian 1 251 I 18 60 40 Grade 12 White 72 297 4 43 82 18 Black 15 272 0 16 54 46 9 277 Hispanic 1 21 61 39 Asian/Pacific Islander 4 291 4 39 74 26 American Indian 0 272 I 24 S2 48 Source: National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 1992 Reading Assessment. Reprinted from "NAEP 1992 Reading Report Card for the Nation and the States. " l be reading at the advanced level . A much higher percent of White Americans are performing at the proficient and advanced levels.

Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Education, University of Michigan, USA

    Michael T. Nettles, Arie L. Nettles

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Equity and Excellence in Educational Testing and Assessment

  • Editors: Michael T. Nettles, Arie L. Nettles

  • Series Title: Evaluation in Education and Human Services

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0633-7

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1995

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-9531-7Published: 31 December 1994

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-4276-5Published: 05 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-0633-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 377

  • Topics: Assessment, Testing and Evaluation, Economic Policy

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