Search results for author:"James Cowan"
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Is the pen mightier than the keyboard? The effect of online testing on measured student achievement
Ben Backes; James Cowan
Economics of Education Review Vol. 68, No. 1 (February 2019) pp. 89–103
Nearly two dozen states now administer online exams to deliver testing to K-12 students. These tests have real consequences: their results feed into accountability systems, which have been used for more than a decade to hold schools and districts...
Language: English
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The common core conundrum: To what extent should we worry that changes to assessments will affect test-based measures of teacher performance?
Ben Backes; James Cowan; Dan Goldhaber; Cory Koedel; Luke C. Miller; Zeyu Xu
Economics of Education Review Vol. 62, No. 1 (February 2018) pp. 48–65
Policies that require the use of information about student achievement to evaluate teacher performance are becoming increasingly common across the United States, but there is some question as to how or whether to use student test-based teacher...
Language: English