Measurement Matters: Perspectives on Education Policy from an Economist and School Board Member
Measurement Matters: Perspectives on Education Policy from an Economist and School Board Member
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衡量很重要：经济学家和学校董事会成员对教育政策的看法
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2010
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K. Lang
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K. Lang
本文从经济学家和前学校董事会成员的角度，评估了政策制定者和学术研究人员对考试成绩数据的使用。由于没有区间量表，对考试成绩的解释以及由此得出的指标往往很成问题。经济学家既没有充分提醒政策制定者注意使用这些数据的内在困难，也没有漫不经心地对待这些数据。考试成绩数据通常只是证实了管理员已经知道的事情。然而，如果将其用作进一步调查的触发器，特别是作为鼓励校长和其他行政人员根据有关教师（或学校）质量的信息采取行动的杠杆，它们可能是有用的。
From the perspective of someone who is both an economist and a former school board member, this paper assesses the use of test-score data by policy-makers and academic researchers. The absence of interval scales often makes the interpretation of test-scores and the indicators derived from them highly problematic. Economists have both been deficient in alerting policy-makers to the inherent difficulties in using such data and cavalier in their own treatment of them. Test score data often merely confirm what administrators already know. Nevertheless they can be useful if used as a trigger for further investigation, and, in particular, as a lever for encouraging principals and other administrators to act on information about teacher (or school) quality.