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A 3 page research paper that summarizes and offers a reader's reaction to 6 chapters from W. James Popham's text Assessment for Educational Leaders. Chapters 5, 6, 7, 15, 9 and 10 are briefly examined. No additional sources are cited.
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the term and relates it to the issue of stability regarding a tests reliability, and discusses alternate forms of reliability evidence, as well as other relevant subtopics, such as explaining
what is meant by and how to establish internal consistency in regards to reliability and how to use and address issues of standard error in measurement. In short, this
well-written overview provides a thorough grounding for the reader regarding this aspect of assessment. Chapter 6: Absence of Bias This chapter addresses the crucial issue of bias, as this
aspect of a test affects outcomes for minority students. Popham discusses how bias in both tests and testing administration can be identified. For example, test administrator should be "particularly attentive
to avoiding all forms of verbal or nonverbal conduct that might cue students to the belief that the examiner believes" them not sufficiently capable (Popham 134). Bias in test interpretation
is also described and the author also deals with how to go about assessment of English Language Learners. Chapter 7: High-Quality Comparative Data This chapter is highly technical as
it discusses the interpretation and utilization of assessment data. It addresses subjects, such as the normal curve of data, which is a "bell-shaped symmetrical curve whose mean, median and mode
are the same," and also describes the score-reporting techniques that are used in making relative test-score interpretations (Popham 157-158). This discussion is nuanced and comprehensive, including a variety of sub-topics,
such as normal curve equivalents; item-response theory; and grade-equivalent scores, as well as other issues. The final topic in the chapter instructs readers on how to evaluate normative data and
this also is extremely instructive and well-written. Chapter 15: Accountability tests: Make or break assessments This final chapter discusses why accountability testing is so significant in contemporary education, i.e.,
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