Adapting Adaptive Testing: Using the MicroCAT Testing System in a Local School District

What is the rationale for adapting an existing testing system instead of developing your own? What are the limitations of MicroCAT? What has to be modified in order to meet local needs and to realize the potential of adaptive testing in the context of an existing testing system?     

The Instructional Consecpences of Criterion Referenced Clarity

What has been the impact of CRTs on instruction? What are some dangers involved in specifying instructional targets? Why should we focus on score-based inferences? How should we evaluate the quality of our CRTs?     

The Rise and Fall of Criterion Referenced Measurement?

How frequently have articles about CRT appeared? What advances in measurement have been influenced by the CRT movement? What has been the lasting contribution of the CRT movement?     

Criterionced Tests: Part 11. Unfinished Business

What was the origin of the concept of criterion-referenced measurement? How has the concept evolved over the years? What are some key factors that should influence how we think about CRTs?     

论职业中学教师的进修之道

职业中学教师进修的意义何在？国家为职业中学教师的进修提供了怎样的可能、途径与保障？职业中学教师进修的内容有什么特点？本文对此进行浅显探究。     

Overview of State Legislation to Regulate Standardized Testing

What has been the pattern of state legislatures to regulate testing? Why is testing a legislative issue? What should be the relationship between state legislatures and testing companies?     

中学数学课程改革的探索

中学数学课程改革究竟改了什么?改革后的数学课堂教学应如何避免常见的教学误区?本文就以上两个问题进行了较为深入的探索,对数学教师的新课程教学具有很好的参考价值.     

What Happened to Test Scores,and Why?

What has happened in recent decades to the test scores of American students? What can be said about the causes of trends in scores? Do these trends provide an indictment of the effectiveness of American schools? How should test scores be used to inform the debate about education policy?     

Educators' Perceptions of NRT Misuse

What has been the impact of high stakes achievement testing on curriculum and testing practice? How serious is the problem of cheating on Standardized achievement tests? What steps can we take to improve the validity of test-based information for a variety of educational purposes?     

"教育技术学导论"课程"导"之思考

"教育技术学导论"作为教育技术学本科的专业课程,一直存在难以解决的问题:是否需要导?如何导?导到什么程度?导什么内容?等等。笔者根据10年开设该课程的实践经验、思考和研究,分析了这些问题,以期给教育技术同行一点启发。     

The Educational Testing Movement in the Netherlands: Some Historical and Political Aspects

What factors influenced the growth of educational testing in the Netherlands? How are tests used in primary and secondary education? What has been the role of the National Institute for Educational Measurement (CITO)?     

全球化视野中“学习社会”与基础教育改革

处在一个人人都需要确立终身学习思想和观念的时代,教育的重要目标之一就是要使现代的人们都具有终身学习的意识,而我们的社会则应该为提供这样一种多样化和多元化的终身学习活动肩负起应有的责任和义务。那么,何谓“终身教育”?何谓“终身学习”?基础教育又应如何立足于终身教育和学习社会的理念来加以改革?全球化视野中“学习社会”的特征是什么?它对基础教育改革又将产生怎样的影响?这一系列问题的提出都具有十分重要的意义并有待于教育理论工作者去作深入的研究和探讨。     

PowerPoint Presentation Technology and the Dynamics of Teaching

This article presents a wide-ranging analysis of the use of PowerPoint technology in higher education. It addresses four overlapping issues. Has PowerPoint led to more effective learning? What impact has PowerPoint had on the dynamics of classrooms? What are some important aspects of the culture that accompanies PowerPoint? How has PowerPoint affected orality, visuality and literacy? The purpose of our article is to stimulate beneficial conversations about a prevalent educational software technology.     

人本管理:一个需要澄清的理念

在我国的管理实践中，长期以来见物不见人的现象非常突出，以人为本的管理理念亟待加强。究竟何为人？何为本？人在管理中的实质是什么？人本管理作为一种新的管理理念与能本管理的区别何在？这是摆在我们面前的一个重要问题。     

The Profession's Evolving Standards

What steps has the measurement profession taken to bridge the gap between professionally and legally acceptable practice in licensure testing? What questions should be raised about the progress made by the profession in supporting valid inferences from certification test scores?     

Factors contributing to research excellence

What factors contribute to high-quality funded research activity in research universities? What do these institutions have in common? What management strategies do they employ to encourage funded research excellence and activity? In this period of decreased or level government spending, competition for grants among research universities becomes fierce. In order to stay competitive, it is important to know what works in research management. Preliminary research has allowed us to provide some answers and to clarify some key questions on what makes a successful research program.     

DEVELOPING STUDENT FIELD EXPERIENCES THROUGH UNIVERSITY‐COMMUNITY COLLABORATIONS

The political, economic, social, equity, and historical influences on the status of kindergarten education and early childhood teacher education in the United States are discussed. There are many sources of data that create a picture of the diverse programs, resources, and opportunities that kindergarten children experience, including the preparation of kindergarten teachers. This article addresses the questions: What does kindergarten curriculum look like today compared with other times? What is the status of full-day kindergarten? What are the influences of the high-stakes testing movement, school budgets, and economic status across communities? How has early childhood state teacher certification changed during the past two decades? What is worthwhile learning? This article takes an editorial position that supports an intellectually significant curriculum in which specially prepared early childhood teachers match teaching with the ways in which kindergarten children learn, and might want to learn more.     

How Far Have We Moved Toward the Integration of Theory and Practice in Self-Regulation?

In this article, we address four main questions, including: What is self-regulated learning for? What key strategies do students need to guide and direct their own learning process? What cues in the learning environment trigger self-regulation strategies? What can teachers do to help student to self-regulate their learning, motivation, and effort in the classroom? We illustrate that answers to these questions have changed over time and that changing conceptualizations of the self-regulation process have influenced the assessment tools that were used. We also point to changing classroom conditions as a factor that has affected the assessment of self-regulation. Finally, we formulate some questions that need to be tackled in research on self-regulation and introduce the articles and commentaries in the special issue that provide some cutting-edge work on the use of assessment to register self-regulation over time.     

美国公立大学录取政策变革:百分比计划

20世纪90年代后,随着美国一些州和高等教育机构对新生录取时实施平权法案问题争论的展开,德克萨斯州、加里福尼亚州和佛罗里达州出台并施行了百分比计划。这一录取政策为什么被提出?主要内涵是什么?产生了怎样的影响?其中蕴含哪些启示?本文先在评述"百分比计划"的背景与内容的基础上,分析了其效应和可引以为鉴的经验。