Michael W Nettles

Measuring Up: Challenges Minorities Face in Educational Assessment (Evaluation in Education and Human Services)

Measuring Up revisits vital issues of equity and assessment through the research efforts and insights of many of the nation's most prominent educators and assessment experts. As its most urgent purpose, the publication aims to sensitize readers to the unfairness and inappropriate uses of testing ins...

Three Magic Letters: Getting to Ph.D.

Drawing on the largest survey of doctoral students ever conducted, Three Magic Letters provides a compelling portrait of the graduate school experience and identifies key issues affecting the success and failure of doctoral students.Michael T. Nettles and Catherine M. Millett surveyed more than nine...

Equity and Excellence in Educational Testing and Assessment (Evaluation in Education and Human Services)

5 TABLE I Average Reading Proficiency and Achievement Levels by RacelEthnicity Grades 4 8 and 12 1992 Reading Assessment Percentage of Student At or Above Percentage of Average Proficient Basic Below Basic Advanced I Students Proficiency I Grade 4 White 71 226 6 31 68 J2 69 16 193 0 Black 7 31 Hispa...

Toward Black Undergraduate Student Equality in American Higher Education

Measuring Up : Challenges Minorities Face in Educational Assessment