Assessing mathematical proficiency

Testing matters! It can determine kids' and schools' futures. In a conference at the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, mathematicians, maths education researchers, teachers, test developers, and policymakers gathered to work through critical issues related to mathematics assessment...

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Weitere Verfasser: Schoenfeld, Alan H. (HerausgeberIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2007
Schriftenreihe:Mathematical Sciences Research Institute publications 53
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • Section 1. The big picture
  • 1. Issues and tensions in the assessment of mathematical proficiency / Alan H. Schoenfeld
  • 2. Aims of mathematics education / Judith A. Ramaley
  • 3. The No Child Left Behind Act : political context and national goals / Susan Sclafani
  • Section 2. Perspectives on mathematical proficiency
  • 4. What is mathematical proficiency? / R. James Milgram
  • 5. What is mathematical proficiency and how can it be assessed? / Alan H. Schoenfeld
  • Section 3. What does assessment assess? : issues and examples
  • 6. Mathematical proficiency : what is important? how can it be measured? / Hugh Burkhardt
  • 7. Aspects of the art of assessment design / Jan de Lange
  • 8. Mathematical proficiency for citizenship / Bernard L. Madison
  • 9. Learning from assessment / Richard Askey
  • 10. When assessment guides instruction : Silicon Valley's Mathematics Assessment Collaborative / David Foster, Pendred Noyce, and Sara Spiegel
  • Section 4. The case of algebra
  • 11. Assessing the strands of student proficiency in elementary algebra / William G. McCallum
  • 12. Making meaning in algebra : examining students' understandings and misconceptions / David Foster
  • 13. Task context and assessment / Ann Shannon
  • Section 5. What do assessments assess? : the case of fractions
  • 14. Learning about fractions from assessment / Linda Fisher
  • 15. Assessing a student's mathematical knowledge by way of interview / Deborah Loewenberg Ball with Brandon Peoples
  • 16. Reflections on an assessment interview : what a close look at student understanding can reveal / Alan H. Schoenfeld
  • Section 6. The importance of societal context
  • 17. Assessment in France / Michèle Artigue
  • 18. Assessment to improve learning in mathematics : the BEAR assessment system / Mark Wilson and Claus Carstensen
  • 19. English learners and mathematics learning : language issues to consider / Lily Wong Fillmore
  • 20. Beyond words to mathematical content : assessing English learners in the mathematics classroom / Judit Moschkovich
  • 21. Assessment in the real world : the case of New York City / Elizabeth Taleporos
  • 22. Perspectives on state assessments in California : what you release is what teachers get / Elizabeth K. Stage
  • Epilogue. What do we need to know? : items for a research agenda