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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Cambridge University Press
2007
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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