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Knowing What Students Know

The Science and Design of Educational Assessment

By: National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Center for Education,Board on Testing and Assessment,Committee on the Foundations of Assessment

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Knowing What Students Know

The Science and Design of Educational Assessment

By: National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Center for Education,Board on Testing and Assessment,Committee on the Foundations of Assessment

Education is a hot topic. From the stage of presidential debates to tonight's dinner table, it is an issue that most Americans are deeply concerned about. While there are many strategies for improving the educational process, we need a way to find out what works and what doesn't work as well. Educational assessment seeks to determine just how well students are learning and is an integral part of our quest for improved education. The nation is pinning greater expectations on educational assessment than ever before. We look to these assessment tools when documenting whether students and institutions are truly meeting education goals. But we must stop and ask a crucial question: What kind of assessment is most effective? At a time when traditional testing is subject to increasing criticism, research suggests that new, exciting approaches to assessment may be on the horizon. Advances in the sciences of how people learn and how to measure such learning offer the hope of developing new kinds of assessments-assessments that help students succeed in school by making as clear as possible the nature of their accomplishments and the progress of their learning. Knowing What Students Know essentially explains how expanding knowledge in the scientific fields of human learning and educational measurement can form the foundations of an improved approach to assessment. These advances suggest ways that the targets of assessment-what students know and how well they know it-as well as the methods used to make inferences about student learning can be made more valid and instructionally useful. Principles for designing and using these new kinds of assessments are presented, and examples are used to illustrate the principles. Implications for policy, practice, and research are also explored. With the promise of a productive research-based approach to assessment of student learning, Knowing What Students Know will be important to education administrators, assessment designers, teachers and teacher educators, and education advocates.

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Knowing What Students Know

The Science and Design of Educational Assessment

By: National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Center for Education,Board on Testing and Assessment,Committee on the Foundations of Assessment

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The Science and Design of Educational Assessment

By: National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Center for Education,Board on Testing and Assessment,Committee on the Foundations of Assessment

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Building a Foundation for Sound Environmental Decisions

By: Committee on Research Opportunities and Priorities for EPA,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council

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Building a Foundation for Sound Environmental Decisions

By: Committee on Research Opportunities and Priorities for EPA,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council

Over the past decades, environmental problems have attracted enormous attention and public concern. Many actions have been taken by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and others to protect human health and ecosystems from particular threats. Despite some successes, many problems remain unsolved and new ones are emerging. Increasing population and related pressures, combined with a realization of the interconnectedness and complexity of environmental systems, present new challenges to policymakers and regulators. Scientific research has played, and will continue to play, an essential part in solving environmental problems. Decisions based on incorrect or incomplete understanding of environmental systems will not achieve the greatest reduction of risk at the lowest cost. This volume describes a framework for acquiring the knowledge needed both to solve current recognized problems and to be prepared for the kinds of problems likely to emerge in the future. Many case examples are included to illustrate why some environmental control strategies have succeeded where others have fallen short and how we can do better in the future.

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0309590701

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House of Commons - Education Committee: Foundation Years: Sure Start Children's Centres - HC 346-II

Sure Start Children's Centres, Fifth Report of Session 2013-14, Vol. 2: Oral and Written Evidence

By: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Education Committee

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House of Commons - Education Committee: Foundation Years: Sure Start Children's Centres - HC 346-II

Sure Start Children's Centres, Fifth Report of Session 2013-14, Vol. 2: Oral and Written Evidence

By: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Education Committee

Incorporating HC 852-i and ii, Session 2012-13. Additional written evidence is contained in Volume 3, available on the Committee website at www.parliament.uk/educom. Incorrect paper number 346-II printed on document

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0215066022

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Annual accountability hearings

responses and further issues, fifteenth report of session 2010-12, report incorporating combined responses from the Government, Nursing and Midwifery Council, General Medical Council, Care Quality Commission and Monitor; together with formal minutes

By: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Health Committee

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Annual accountability hearings

By: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Health Committee

Responses to HC 1428, on the Annual accountability hearings with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (ISBN 9780215560933); 1429 on the Annual accountability hearings with the General Medical Council (ISBN 9780215560926) & 1430 on the Annual accountability hearings with the Care Quality Commission (ISBN 9780215561305)

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0215042778

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An Assessment of the National Science Foundation's Science and Technology Centers Program

By: National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine,Engineering and Public Policy,Committee on Science

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An Assessment of the National Science Foundation's Science and Technology Centers Program

By: National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine,Engineering and Public Policy,Committee on Science

The National Science Foundation requested that the Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy of the NAS, the NAE, and the IOM form a panel to evaluate the accomplishments of the NSF Science and Technology Centers program (not individual centers) against its goals in research, education, and knowledge transfer. This report is the result of the work of the panel charged with that effort, and provides recommendations for moving forward.

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An Assessment of the SBIR Program at the National Science Foundation

By: National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Committee for Capitalizing on Science, Technology, and Innovation: An Assessment of the Small Business Innovation Research Program

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An Assessment of the SBIR Program at the National Science Foundation

By: National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Committee for Capitalizing on Science, Technology, and Innovation: An Assessment of the Small Business Innovation Research Program

The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program is one of the largest examples of U.S. public-private partnerships. Founded in 1982, SBIR was designed to encourage small business to develop new processes and products and to provide quality research in support of the many missions of the U.S. government, including health, energy, the environment, and national defense. In response to a request from the U.S. Congress, the National Research Council assessed SBIR as administered by the five federal agencies that together make up 96 percent of program expenditures. This book, one of six in the series, reports on the SBIR program at the National Science Foundation. The study finds that the SBIR program is sound in concept and effective in practice, but that it can also be improved. Currently, the program is delivering results that meet most of the congressional objectives, including stimulating technological innovation, increasing private-sector commercialization of innovations, using small businesses to meet federal research and development needs, and fostering participation by minority and disadvantaged persons. The book suggests ways in which the program can improve operations, continue to increase private-sector commercialization, and improve participation by women and minorities.

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0309104874

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Annual accountability hearing with Monitor

tenth report of session 2010-12, report. together with formal minutes, oral and written evidence

By: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Health Committee

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Annual accountability hearing with Monitor

tenth report of session 2010-12, report. together with formal minutes, oral and written evidence

By: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Health Committee

In this first annual accountability hearing with Monitor, the Health Committee welcomes the strengthened role given to the hospital regulator in the approval and regulation of Foundation Trusts. The Committee strongly supports the view that the standards for authorizing Foundation Trusts must not fall as a result of the Government's desire to see all remaining NHS Trusts become Foundation Trusts. It welcomes the extension of Monitor's oversight powers for Foundation Trusts to 2016; that the powers will then be reviewed; and the fact that Monitor's new role, as set out in the Health and Social Care Bill, has been more clearly defined. The Committee believes Monitor has established a reputation as an effective regulator of Foundation Trusts and that it is important to safeguard that hard-won reputation. That means insisting on the maintenance of a rigorous approvals system. It also means maintaining an effective oversight regime in what are likely to be increasingly challenging times. Finally, following government amendments to the Health and Social Care Bill which were tabled at Commons Report Stage, it means the operation of an effective distress and failure regime for Foundation Trusts.

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0215561317

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Assessment of the National Science Foundation's 2015 Geospace Portfolio Review

By: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Space Studies Board,Committee on Assessment of the National Science Foundation's 2015 Geospace Portfolio Review

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Assessment of the National Science Foundation's 2015 Geospace Portfolio Review

At the request of the Advisory Committee for Geosciences of the National Science Foundation (NSF), a review of the Geospace Section of the NSF Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences was undertaken in 2015. The Portfolio Review Committee was charged with reviewing the portfolio of facilities, research programs, and activities funded by Geospace Section and to recommend critical capabilities and the balance of investments needed to enable the science program articulated in the 2013 NRC decadal survey Solar and Space Physics: A Science for a Technological Society. The Portfolio Review Committee's report Investments in Critical Capabilities for Geospace Science 2016 to 2025 (ICCGS) was accepted by the Advisory Committee for Geosciences in April 2016. Assessment of the National Science Foundation's 2015 Geospace Portfolio Review provides an independent assessment of the ICCGS report. This publication assesses how well the ICCGS provides a clear set of findings, conclusions, and recommendations for Geospace Section that align with the science priorities of the NRC decadal survey, and adequately take into account issues such as the current budget outlook and the science needs of the community. Additionally, this study makes recommendations focused on options and considerations for NSF's implementation of the ICCGS recommendations.

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Assessment in Support of Instruction and Learning

Bridging the Gap Between Large-Scale and Classroom Assessment: Workshop Report

By: National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Center for Education,Mathematical Sciences Education Board,Committee on Science Education K-12,Board on Testing and Assessment,Committee on Assessment in Support of Instruction and Learning

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Bridging the Gap Between Large-Scale and Classroom Assessment: Workshop Report

Assessment in Support of Instruction and Learning is the summary of a National Research Council workshop convened to examine the gap between external and classroom assessment. This report discusses issues associated with designing an assessment system that meets the demands of public accountability and, at the same time, improves the quality of the education that students receive day by day. This report focuses on assessment that addresses both accountability and learning.

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Knowing What Students Know

Knowing What Students Know

Knowing What Students Know

Knowing What Students Know

Building a Foundation for Sound Environmental Decisions

Building a Foundation for Sound Environmental Decisions

House of Commons - Education Committee: Foundation Years: Sure Start Children's Centres - HC 346-II

House of Commons - Education Committee: Foundation Years: Sure Start Children's Centres - HC 346-II

Annual accountability hearings

Annual accountability hearings

An Assessment of the National Science Foundation's Science and Technology Centers Program

An Assessment of the National Science Foundation's Science and Technology Centers Program

An Assessment of the SBIR Program at the National Science Foundation

An Assessment of the SBIR Program at the National Science Foundation

Annual accountability hearing with Monitor

Annual accountability hearing with Monitor

Assessment of the National Science Foundation's 2015 Geospace Portfolio Review

Assessment of the National Science Foundation's 2015 Geospace Portfolio Review

Assessment in Support of Instruction and Learning

Assessment in Support of Instruction and Learning

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