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The vast majority of educators—for whom scores resulting from standardized tests are spotentially vital and informative—have literally never received formal training regarding how tinterpret these scores and, more importantly, how tuse them taid their instructional decision making The basic purpose of this book is tprovide teachers and administrators with a manual, of sorts, designed thelp them understand the nature of standardized tests and, in particular, the scores that result from them The definitive purpose of the book is thelp them develop the skills necessary tincorporate these test scores intvarious types of instructional decision making (a process known as data-driven decision making) as necessitated by the needs of their students This title includes: - Numerous samples of printouts resulting from well-known standardized tests - Presentation and discussion of various process that can be used tincorporate standardized test results intinstructional decision making - Several specific examples, using sample results of these well-known standardized tests and the processes, such as how a teacher would proceed through the process of using the test scores taid in making decisions about future instruction - Case studies, consisting of interviews conducted by the author with district-level administrators, building administrators, and classroom teachers, all of whom have been engaged in a process of incorporating test scores intdecision making for several years This book could serve as a supplement tany course that incorporates standardized testing as a topic, including but not limited tcourses in classroom assessment, educational psychology, content methods, reading, special education, curriculum, literacy, administration, the principalship, and the superintendency
