Uneducated guesses : using evidence to uncover misguided education policies
Uneducated Guesses challenges everything our policymakers thought they knew about education and education reform, from how to close the achievement gap in public schools to admission standards for top universities. In this explosive book, Howard Wainer uses statistical evidence to show why some of t...
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| フォーマット: | Livre numérique |
| 言語: | Anglais |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press
2011.
Palo Alto, Calif : ebrary 2011. |
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| オンライン･アクセス: | Accès Université Orléans et IFPM |
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Includes bibliographical references and index La pagination de l'édition imprimée correspondante est de 194 p. Cyberlibris (ScholarVox) corpus sciences de l'éducation |
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| 500 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index | ||
| 500 | |a La pagination de l'édition imprimée correspondante est de 194 p. | ||
| 500 | |a Cyberlibris (ScholarVox) corpus sciences de l'éducation | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a 8: A Little Ignorance Is a Dangerous Thing: How Statistics Rescued a Damsel in Distress9: Assessing Teachers from Student Scores: On the Practicality of Value-Added Models; 10: Shopping for Colleges When What We Know Ain't; 11: Of CATs and Claims: The First Step toward Wisdom; Epilogue; References; Index | |
| 505 | 0 | |a Cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1: On the Value of Entrance Exams: What Happens When the SAT Is Made Optional?; 2: On Substituting Achievement Tests for Aptitude Tests in College Admissions; 3: On Rigid Decision Rules for Scholarships; 4: The Aptitude-Achievement Connection: Using an Aptitude Test to Aid in Allocating Educational Resources; 5: Comparing the Incomparable: On the Importance of Big Assumptions and Scant Evidence; 6: On Examinee Choice in Educational Testing; 7: What If Choice Is Part of the Test? | |
| 506 | |a L'accès complet à la ressource est réservé aux usagers des établissements qui en ont fait l'acquisition | ||
| 520 | |a Uneducated Guesses challenges everything our policymakers thought they knew about education and education reform, from how to close the achievement gap in public schools to admission standards for top universities. In this explosive book, Howard Wainer uses statistical evidence to show why some of the most widely held beliefs in education today--and the policies that have resulted--are wrong. He shows why colleges that make the SAT optional for applicants end up with underperforming students and inflated national rankings, and why the push to substitute achievement tests for aptitude tests ma | ||
| 533 | |n Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web | ||
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