The SAGE Encyclopedia of Educational Research, Measurement, and Evaluation

4402 Pages·2018·53.53 MB·English

by  Bruce B. Frey

The SAGE Encyclopedia of Educational Research,
Measurement, and Evaluation
Editorial Board
Editor
Bruce B. Frey
University of Kansas
Editorial Board
Neal Kingston
University of Kansas
Jill Hendrickson Lohmeier
University of Massachusetts Lowell
William P. Skorupski
University of Kansas
Jonathan Templin
University of Kansas
Rebecca H. Woodland
University of Massachusetts Amherst
The SAGE Encyclopedia of
Educational Research, Measurement,
and Evaluation
Editor
Bruce B. Frey
University of Kansas
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Title: The Sage encyclopedia of educational research, measurement, and evaluation/editor, Bruce B. Frey,
University of Kansas.
Description: Thousand Oaks, California : SAGE Publications, Inc., [2018] | Includes bibliographical
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Contents
Volume 1
List of Entries
Reader’s Guide
About the Editor
Contributors
Introduction
Entries
A
B
C
Volume 2
List of Entries
Entries
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
Volume 3
List of Entries
Entries
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
Volume 4
List of Entries
Entries
S
T
U
V
W
Z
Appendix A: Resource Guide
Appendix B: Chronology
Index
List of Entries
a Parameter
ABA Designs
Ability Tests
Ability–Achievement Discrepancy
Abstracts
Accessibility of Assessment
Accommodations
Accountability
Accreditation
Achievement Tests
ACT
Action Research
Active Learning
ADA. See Americans with Disabilities Act
Adaptive Behavior Assessments
Adequate Yearly Progress
ADHD. See Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Admissions Tests
Adolescence
Adultism
Advocacy in Evaluation
AEA. See American Evaluation Association
AERA. See American Educational Research Association
African Americans and Testing
Age Equivalent Scores
Alignment
Alpha Level
Alternate Assessments
American Educational Research Association
American Evaluation Association
American Psychological Association
Americans with Disabilities Act
Amos
Analysis of Covariance
Analysis of Variance
Analytic Scoring
Andragogy
Angoff Method
Anxiety
APA. See American Psychological Association
APA Format
Applied Behavior Analysis
Applied Research
Appreciative Inquiry
Aptitude Tests
Aptitude-Treatment Interaction
Areas Under the Normal Curve
Asian Americans and Testing
Asperger’s Syndrome
Assent
ATLAS.ti
Attention
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Attenuation, Correction for
Attitude Scaling
Attribution Theory
Auditing
Authentic Assessment
Authorship
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Autocorrelation
Automated Essay Evaluation
b Parameter
Backward Design
Bar Graphs
Basal Level and Ceiling Level
Bayesian Statistics
Bayes’s Theorem
Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development
Beck Depression Inventory
Behaviorism
Belmont Report
Benchmark
Bernoulli Distribution