Gender and Fair Assessment

This volume, which presents an indepth study from the Educational Testing Service, examines the provocative questions of gender fairness in testing. For testing and measurement specialists, managers, educators, and educational psychologists.

List of contents

Contents: Preface. Introduction. Research on Gender Differences. W.W. Willingham, N.S. Cole, C. Lewis, S.W. Leung, Test Performance. C.A. Dwyer, L.M. Johnson, Grades, Accomplishments, and Correlates. N.S. Cole, Understanding Gender Differences and Fair Assessment in Context. B. Bridgeman, A. Schmitt, Fairness Issues in Test Development and Administration. Fairness Issues in Test Design and Use. Summary and Implications.

About the author

Warren W. Willingham, Nancy S. Cole

Summary

This volume, which presents an indepth study from the Educational Testing Service, examines the provocative questions of gender fairness in testing. For testing and measurement specialists, managers, educators, and educational psychologists.

Product details

• Authors: Nancy S. Cole, Cole Nancy S., Warren W. Willingham, Willingham Warren W.
• Assisted by: Nancy S. Cole (Editor), Cole Nancy S. (Editor), Warren W. Willingham (Editor), Willingham Warren W. (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.1997
• EAN: 9780805823318
• ISBN: 978-0-8058-2331-8
• No. of pages: 424
• Weight: 940 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, EDUCATION / Testing & Measurement, EDUCATION / Educational Psychology, EDUCATION / Learning Styles, EDUCATION / Evaluation & Assessment, PSYCHOLOGY / Assessment, Testing & Measurement, Educational psychology, Gender studies, gender groups, Psychological testing & measurement, Psychological testing and measurement, Education: examinations and assessment, Examinations & assessment