Uneducated Guesses : Using Evidence to Uncover Misguided Education Policies Hardcover - 2011
by Wainer, Howard
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Details
- Title Uneducated Guesses : Using Evidence to Uncover Misguided Education Policies
- Author Wainer, Howard
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 1st ed., 1st Ptg
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 200
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Princeton University Press
- Date 2011-08
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # 4938729-20
- ISBN 9780691149288 / 0691149283
- Weight 1 lbs (0.45 kg)
- Dimensions 9.47 x 6.39 x 0.79 in (24.05 x 16.23 x 2.01 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Educational evaluation - United States, Education - Standards - United States
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2010053097
- Dewey Decimal Code 378.166
From the rear cover
"Uneducated Guesses is an insider's look at using test scores to make high stakes decisions in education. In this rigorous, refreshing rebuttal of conventional thinking, Wainer argues that in the world of education policy, we all would be better served by examining the evidence that demonstrates that our ideas will improve the systems we're trying to transform."--Dennis Van Roekel, president, National Education Association
"With his usual verve, flair, and disdain for pious nonsense, Howard Wainer offers a refreshingly fact-based view of a complex problem: the use of tests in educational selection and evaluation. A must-read for anyone involved in these issues and a fun read for anyone who wishes to be educated and entertained at the same time."--Daniel Kahneman, Nobel Laureate in Economics, Princeton University
"Howard Wainer's account of a selection of important scientific issues arising from educational testing is lucid, wise, and entertaining, and should be required reading for anyone interested in improving educational policy."--Stephen M. Stigler, University of Chicago
"Uneducated Guesses is a must-read for enthusiasts of evidence-based decision making and for those who make public policy decisions without consulting the evidence. The former will be sobered by a real and random world that may not match their theoretical models. The latter will be surprised to learn from past research the power and limits of public policy decisions. Wainer lays it all out in engaging and accessible prose and numbers."--Arthur E. Wise, president emeritus, National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education
"Uneducated Guesses is a compelling, entertaining, and provocative book that elucidates some of the subtle and important issues of educational policy. In typical Wainer fashion, the graphics nicely complement and illuminate the text and tables, and I really enjoyed the variety of examples used in the book. I learned a lot about calibration, examinee choice, the history of testing, triathlon optimization, and the health of the professional football betting industry."--Nicholas Horton, Smith College
"It is always a pleasure to read Wainer's work, and this book was certainly no exception. His carefully chosen and extremely interesting examples, his conversational tone, and his great sense of humor lead to a work that is hard to put down. Uneducated Guesses is a fabulous book, and one of great significance."--Karl W. Broman, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Citations
- Library Journal, 08/01/2011, Page 108
