Author: Richard Phelps
Publisher: Psychology Press
Keywords: testing, standardized, defending
Number of Pages: 360
Published: 2005-02
List price: $110.00
ISBN-10: 0805849114
ISBN-13: 9780805849110

The education reform movement of the past two decades has focused on raising academic standards. Some standards advocates attach a testing mechanism to gauge the extent to which high standards are actually accomplished, whereas some critics accuse the push for standards and testing of impeding reform and perpetuating inequality. At the same time, the testing profession has produced advances in the format, accuracy, dependability, and utility of tests. Never before has obtaining such an abundance of accurate and useful information about student learning been possible. Meanwhile, the American pu

Author: Richard Phelps
Publisher: Psychology Press
Keywords: psychology, applied, testing, standardized, defending
Number of Pages: 360
Published: 2005-02
List price: $54.95
ISBN-10: 0805849122
ISBN-13: 9780805849127

The education reform movement of the past two decades has focused on raising academic standards. Some standards advocates attach a testing mechanism to gauge the extent to which high standards are actually accomplished, whereas some critics accuse the push for standards and testing of impeding reform and perpetuating inequality. At the same time, the testing profession has produced advances in the format, accuracy, dependability, and utility of tests. Never before has obtaining such an abundance of accurate and useful information about student learning been possible. Meanwhile, the American pu

Author: Richard P. Phelps
Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing
Keywords: primer, lang, peter, standardized, testing
Number of Pages: 156
Published: 2007-10
List price: $18.95
ISBN-10: 082049741X
ISBN-13: 9780820497419

The Standardized Testing Primer provides non-specialists with a thorough overview of this controversial and complicated topic. It eschews the statistical details of scaling, scoring, and measurement that are widely available in textbooks and at testing organization Web sites, and instead describes standardized testing’s social and political roles and its practical uses--who tests, when, where, and why. Topics include: an historical background of testing’s practical uses in psychology, education, and the workplace; the varied structures of educational testing programs and systems ac

Author: Richard Phelps
Publisher: For Dummies
Keywords: dummies, basketball
Number of Pages: 432
Published: 1999
List price: $21.99
ISBN-10: 0764552481
ISBN-13: 9780764552489

Basketball is the most popular participatory sport in the United States. As simple as the game often seems—throwing a ball through a hoop—there are many aspects of the game that go unnoticed. But with Basketball For Dummies, Second Edition, you’ll get the inside scoop on hoops.Whether you’re a player, a fan, or a coach, Basketball For Dummies, Second Edition will get you better acquainted to the game, so you can play it better, coach it smarter, or appreciate it more as a spectator.Former Notre Dame head coach Digger Phelps begins with the fundamentals and quickly moves up court from t

Author: J.R. Phelps
Publisher: Wildside Press
Keywords: horoscopes, birthday
Number of Pages: 156
Published: 2007-11-05
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 1434496090
ISBN-13: 9781434496096

What’s your sign? Here is a collection of horoscopes based around birthday dates. Also includes a list of famous figures of history by date of birth, so you can find out who shares your birthday.

Author: Jim Phelps
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Keywords: bipolar, soft, disorder, downs, ups, recognizing, managing, depressed
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 2006-03-06
List price: $18.95
ISBN-10: 0071462376
ISBN-13: 9780071462372

Tried everything but still not feeling better? If your depression keeps coming back or is even getting worse, then you may be suffering from bipolar II or “soft” bipolar disorder. Commonly misdiagnosed, these mood disorders are characterized by recurring bouts of depression along with anxiety, irritability, mood swings, sleep problems, or intrusive thoughts. Why Am I Still Depressed? shows you how to identify if you have a nonmanic form of bipolar disorder and how to work with your doctor to safely and effectively treat it. Author James R. Phelps, M.D., gives you the lates

Author: Shirelle Phelps
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Keywords: law, everyday, encyclopedia, gale
Number of Pages: 1259
Published: 2002-11
List price: $325.00
ISBN-10: 078765759X
ISBN-13: 9780787657598