Measuring What Counts:

A Conceptual Guide for Mathematics Assessment

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Size: 236 pages, 7 x 10

Publication Year:1993

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To achieve national goals for education, we must measure the things that really count. Measuring What Counts establishes crucial research-based connections between standards and assessment. Arguing for a better balance between educational and measurement concerns in the development and use ...
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Front Matter	i-xi
Executive Summary	1-14	(skim)
1 A Vision of School Mathematics	15-28	(skim)
2 A Vision of Mathematics Assessment	29-40	(skim)
3 Assessing Important Mathematical Content	41-66	(skim)
4 Assessing to Support Mathematics Learning	67-90	(skim)
5 Assessing to Support Equity and Opportunity in Mathematics Learning	91-116	(skim)
6 Evaluating Mathematics Assessment	117-146	(skim)
Commissioned Papers	147-224	(skim)
Study Group on Guidelines for Mathematics Assessment	225-225	(skim)
MSEB Members	226-227	(skim)

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To achieve national goals for education, we must measure the things that really count. Measuring What Counts establishes crucial research-based connections between standards and assessment. Arguing for a better balance between educational and measurement concerns in the development and use of mathematics assessment, this book sets forth three principles--related to content, learning, and equity--that can form the basis for new assessments that support emerging national standards in mathematics education.
Measuring Up: A Policy Brief provides highlights of the volume in the context of implications for educational policy. It is 32 pages and long available for $3.95.

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"It demonstrates the importance of content, learning, and equity, three key principles for any program of assessment that is intended to support the national educational goals." ENC Focus 1996-1997

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