Assessment - Problems, Developments & Statistical Issues

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References Index Harvey Goldstein is the Professor of Statistical Methods at the Institute of Education, University of London. He was previously Head of the Statistics Section at the National Children's Bureau. He has published widely on survey methodology and the design and analysis of longitudinal studies. Professor Goldstein is a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society, a Chartered Statistician and an elected Member of the International Statistical Institute. Toby Lewis is the Director of the Centre for Statistics, University of East Anglia and Emeritus Professor of Statistics at the Open University, where he was Professor of Statistics from 1980 to 1986. He was previously Professor of Mathematical Statistics at the University of Hull. Professor Lewis is a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society, a Chartered Statistician, and an elected Member of the International Statistical Institute.

The Scope of Assessment (H. Goldstein & T. Lewis).

Assessment: Some Historical Perspectives (G. Sutherland).

Assessment and Learning: Power or Partnership (P. Broadfoot)?

Statistical and Psychometric Models for Assessment (H. Goldstein).

Defining, Setting and Maintaining Standards in Curriculum-Embedded Examinations: Judgemental and Statistical Approaches (M. Cresswell).

Group Differences and Bias in Assessment (H. Goldstein).

Moderation Procedures and the Maintenance of Assessment Standards (T. Lewis).

Errors in Grading and Forensic Issues in Higher Education (D. McLay).

The Use of Assessment to Compare Institutions (J. Gray).

The Statistical Analysis of Institution-Based Data (G. Woodhouse & H. Goldstein).

The Extent and Growth of the Educational Testing in the United States: 1956-1994 (G. Madaus & A. Raczek).

The Integrity of Public Examinations in Developing Countries (V. Greaney & T. Kellaghan).

Large-Scale Assessment Programmes in Different Countries and International Comparisons (L. McLean).

Vocational Assessment (A. Wolf).

Assessment in the Workplace. (R. Vincent).

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