tailieunhanh - Measuring What Counts : A Conceptual Guide for Mathematics Assessment

Calls for standards in education have been echoing across the nation for several years, especially since political leaders of both parties decided to adopt bipartisan national goals for education. Standards without appropriate means of measuring progress, however, amount to little more than empty rhetoric. To stay the course and achieve the national goals for education, we must measure the things that really count. | cover cover next page title Measuring What Counts A Conceptual Guide for Mathematics Assessment author Bass Hyman publisher National Academies Press isbn10 asin 0309049814 print isbn13 9780309049818 ebook isbn13 9780585020969 language English subject Mathematics--Study and teaching--United States--Evaluation Mathematical ability--Testing. publication date 1993 lcc 1993eb ddc 510 .71 2 subject Mathematics--Study and teaching--United States--Evaluation Mathematical ability--Testing. cover next page If you like this book buy it file C Documents 20and 20Settings eabottee Local files 4 2008 10 44 12 PM cover-0 previous page cover-0 next page Measuring What Counts A Conceptual Guide For Mathematics Assessment MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES EDUCATION BOARD NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS WASHINGTON DC 1993 previous page cover-0 next page If you like this book buy it file C Documents 20and 20Settings eabottee Local files 4 2008 10 44 13 PM page_ii previous page page_ii next page Page ii NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS 2101 Constitution Avenue NW Washington DC 20418 NOTICE The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences the National Academy of Engineering and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance. This report has been reviewed by a group other than the authors according to procedures approved by a Report Review Committee consisting of members of the National Academy of Sciences the National Academy of Engineering and the Institute of Medicine. The National Research Council was organized by the National Academy of Sciences in 1916 to associate the broad community of science and technology