Equity and Excellence in Educational Testing and Assessment

✍ Scribed by Michael T. Nettles, Alison R. Bernstein (auth.), Michael T. Nettles, Arie L. Nettles (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 1995
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 377
• Series: Evaluation in Education and Human Services 40
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction: The Pursuit of Equity in Educational Testing and Assessment....Pages 3-21
A Technological and Historical Consideration of Equity Issues Associated with Proposals to Change Our Nation’s Testing Policy....Pages 23-68
Diversity, Assessment, and Equity in Educational Reform....Pages 69-87
Equity Issues In Performance-Based Assessment....Pages 89-114
Some Prerequisites for the Establishment of Equitable, Inclusive Multicultural Assessment Systems....Pages 115-157
Front Matter....Pages 159-159
Achieving Equity: Counting on the Classroom....Pages 161-184
Equity and Validity Considerations in the Design and Implementation of a Mathematics Performance Assessment: The Experience of the QUASAR Project....Pages 185-219
Performance-Based Assessments: Contributor or Detractor to Equity?....Pages 221-241
Equity and Excellence in Group-Administered and Performance-Based Assessments....Pages 243-261
Front Matter....Pages 263-263
Using New Forms of Assessment to Assist in Achieving Student Equity: Experiences of the CCSSO State Collaborative on Assessment and Student Standards....Pages 265-288
The Effect of Expectations on Achieving Equity in State-Wide Testing: Lessons From Massachusetts....Pages 289-308
Toward National Standards and Testing: The Educational Equity Imperative....Pages 309-325
Equity Issues in Teacher Assessment....Pages 327-342
Visions of Equity in National Assessments....Pages 343-366
Back Matter....Pages 367-377

✦ Subjects

Assessment, Testing and Evaluation; Economic Policy