From Politics to Policy

A Case Study in Educational Reform
Herausgeber: Kerker, Richard M.; Swanson, Ronald G.; Matthews, Joan M.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This collection of essays is a case study of a major educational reform enacted in Texas in 1987: an effort to test all entering college students to gauge their basic skills. The contributors were involved in implementing this reform, which aims to remedy academic deficiencies among college students and to retain students through graduation. The book chronicles how legislators, staff and educators designed the test, program, and necessary policies to support the reform. The essays in this book chronicle the work of legislators, staff, and educators in implementing House Bill 2182, which requires testing for all entering college students and mandates developmental education for students who fail to meet the established criteria. Among the issues discussed are test development, minority concerns, prevention of bias, handicapped needs, and program evaluation. From Politics to Policy presents a model for other states to emulate, and is valuable to students and teachers of education, policy analysis and psychometric testing, as well as to agencies and legislators involved in state-level educational reform.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Praeger
• Seitenzahl: 338
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 1991
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 674g
• ISBN-13: 9780275937362
• ISBN-10: 0275937364
• Artikelnr.: 25207996

Autorenporträt

JOAN M. MATTHEWS is a psychologist in San Marcos, Texas. She is also Director of Special Projects for the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. She has co-authored several publications and numerous articles on education. RONALD G. SWANSON is the Associate Director of the Texas Academic Skills Program of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. RICHARD M. KERKER is a Program Director at the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Larry E. Temple Introduction: Setting the Stage by Kenneth H.
Ashworth Getting Started: The Work of the Committee on Testing by Robert L.
Hardesty and Joan M. Matthews Legislative Response by Carl A. Parker and
Wilhelmina Delco Planning to Implement the Law by Richard M. Kerker, Ronald
G. Swanson and Joan M. Matthews Planning for Litigation and Testing: A
Parallel Process by Kevin O'Hanlon Minority Concerns: A Response to TASP by
Albert H. Kauffman Test Development by Paula M. Nassif and Richard M.
Kerker The Prevention of Bias by Milton R. Bryant, Jose Roberto Juarez, and
Ronald G. Swanson Addressing Special Needs: The Handicapped and Testing by
Ronald G. Swanson and Pamela Tackett Testing for Two Purposes: Teacher
Education and Basic Skills Certification by Marvin Veselka and Nolan Wood
and Pamela Tackett Implementation in Community Colleges by Dan Angel,
Roberto Reyes, and Charles B. Florio Implementation in Universities by
Richard C. Meyer, Robert D. Gratz, and H. Paul Kelley Evaluating
Effectiveness of TASK by Gary R. Hanson and Richard M. Kerker Some Politics
on the Way to Policy by William H. Sanford and Joan M. Matthews After
Implementation: The Role of the State by Joan M. Matthews and Elena de la
Garza Appendixes Index