Future Directions for College- and Career-Readiness Research : Where Do We Go from Here? Margaret Heritage -- Conceptualizing and Measuring Progress toward College and Career Readiness in Mathematics / James W. Pellegrino -- More than a Test Score: Defining and Measuring Personal Qualities / Richard D. Roberts -- The Consistent Influence of General Cognitive Ability in College, Career, and Lifetime Achievement / Christopher F. Chabris -- Building External Validity into the Process: Evidence-Based Readiness Standards / Mary J. Pitoniak -- Empirically Based College- and Career-Readiness Cut Scores and Performance Standards / Joann L. Moore -- College Placement Strategies: Evolving Considerations and Practices / Vikash Reddy -- Fairness Issues in the Assessment of College and Career Readiness / Rebecca Zwick -- Mixed Messages: When Different Assessments Yield Different Results / Matthew N. Gaertner -- Early Intervention in College and Career Readiness: The GEAR UP Model and its Implications for 21st-century Education Policy / Brent Duckor -- Multiple Mathematics Pathways to College, Careers, and Beyond / Carolyn Landel -- Supporting College and Career Readiness through Social Psychological Interventions / Mary C. Murphy -- Changing the Assessment Relationship to Empower Teachers and Students / Margaret Heritage -- Conclusion : Future Directions for College- and Career-Readiness Research : Where Do We Go from Here?
Summary:
Preparing Students for College and Careers addresses measurement and research issues related to college and career readiness. Educational reform efforts across the United States have increasingly taken aim at measuring and improving postsecondary readiness. These initiatives include developing new content standards, redesigning assessments and performance levels, legislating new developmental education policy for colleges and universities, and highlighting gaps between graduates' skills and employers' needs. In this comprehensive book, scholarship from leading experts on each of these topics is collected for assessment professionals and for education researchers interested in this new area of focus. Cross-disciplinary chapters cover the current state of research, best practices, leading interventions, and a variety of measurement concepts, including construct definitions, assessments, performance levels, score interpretations, and test uses.
Series:
NCME applications of educational measurement and assessment
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