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Flexibility at the Price of Volatility: Concurrent Calibration in Multistage Tests in Practice Using a 2PL Model

open access: yesFrontiers in Education, 2021
Multistage test (MST) designs promise efficient student ability estimates, an indispensable asset for individual diagnostics in high-stakes educational assessments.
Laura A. Helbling   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

High-Stakes Testing and Student Achievement: Problems for the No Child Left Behind Act [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Under the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB), standardized test scores are the indicator used to hold schools and school districts accountable for student achievement.
David C. Berliner   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Primary Sources in K–12 Education: Opportunities for Archives [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Recent developments in the field of K–12 (kindergarten through twelfth grade) education have made archival resources essential tools for many teachers. Inquiry-based learning, document-based questions, and high stakes standardized testing have converged ...
Hendry, Julia
core   +2 more sources

Adherence to Protocol Recommendations for Children With Wilms Tumour in Two Consecutive Studies in the United Kingdom and Ireland—Does Variation Matter?

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background and Aims Wilms tumour (WT) has excellent event‐free and overall survival (OS). However, small differences exist between countries participating in the same international study. This led us to examine variation in adherence to protocol recommendations as a potential contributing factor.
Suzanne Tugnait   +23 more
wiley   +1 more source

On the Statistical and Heuristic Difficulty Estimates of a High Stakes Test in Iran

open access: yesInternational Journal of Assessment Tools in Education, 2019
The findings of previous research into thecompatibility of stakeholders’ perceptions with statistical estimations of itemdifficulty are not seemingly consistent. Furthermore, most research shows thatteachers’ estimation of item difficulty is not reliable
Alireza Ahmadi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

High Stake Tests

open access: yesJournal of Educational Sciences Research, 2015
Egitim genel olarak bir ogrenme surecidir ve bu surecte bireylere bilgiyi yasamda kullanabilme becerisinin ogretilmesi amaclanmaktadir. Bilgiyi yasamda kullanabilen bireyler yetistirmenin onemini anlayan ulkeler egitim kademelerindeki niteligi arttirma cabasi icerisinde yer almaktadir. Orgun egitim kurumlarinda verilen egitimin niteligini belirlemek ve
openaire   +1 more source

Preferences of Pediatric Patients and Their Caregivers for Chemotherapy‐Induced Nausea and Vomiting Control Endpoints: A Mixed Methods Study

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose Although not always achieved, complete chemotherapy‐induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) control is the conventional goal of CINV prophylaxis. In this two‐center, mixed‐methods study, we sought to understand the preferences of adolescent patients and family caregivers for CINV control endpoints.
Haley Newman   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Examining the Myth of Accountability, High-Stakes Testing, and the Achievement Gap [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
In this article we outline how notions of accountability and the achievement gap have relied upon the massive expansion of high-stakes exams in our nation’s schools. Texas-style test and punish accountability manifested in various ways within schools and
Brewer, T. Jameson   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Blinatumomab Utilization in Pediatric B‐Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: Experience From the Mountain West

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Blinatumomab is a bispecific T‐cell engager approved for the treatment of pediatric B‐cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B‐ALL). Outpatient home infusion reduces hospitalization burden and optimizes resource utilization, but is logistically challenging.
Angela Parra del Riego   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of Standardised Testing on Later High Stakes Test Outcomes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Standardised tests are a common, yet contentious, feature of many countries’ schooling systems. In May 2010, over one-quarter of English primary schools boycotted that year’s mandatory age eleven standardised tests (colloquially known as SATs tests ...
Regan-Stansfield, Joseph
core   +1 more source

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