Physical description: 271 pages, 20 plates : illustrations (some colour), plans ; 23 cm. Notes: Includes indexes. Subjects: Wild flower gardening - Great Britain.

A botanist's garden

Raven, John

HarperCollins Distribution Services

The authors of this book question the assumptions of the psychometric paradigm that underlie virtually all criterion-referenced and standardized tests used in North American schools. They make a compelling case for a new science of educational testing and assessment, one that shifts decision making from central administration to individual schools and communities. Harold Berlak argues that the concept of tests as scientific instruments validated by technical experts is anachronistic and self-contradictory. He makes a case for a contextual paradigm, an approach which assumes that consensus on educational goals and national testing programs is neither possible nor desireable. Assessment practices in a democratic society must acknowledge and affirm differences in values, beliefs, and material interests among individuals and groups over the purposes and practices of schooling.

Toward a New Science of Educational Testing and Assessment (Teacher Prep and Development)

Education & Teaching

Adams, Elizabeth

Newmann, Fred M.

Romberg, Thomas A.

Berlak, Harold

Burgess, Tyrell

Archbald, Doug A.

Schools & Teaching

State University of New York Press

The authors of this book question the assumptions of the psychometric paradigm that underlie virtually all criterion-referenced and standardized tests used in North American schools. They make a compelling case for a new science of educational testing and assessment, one that shifts decision making from central administration to individual schools and communities. Harold Berlak argues that the concept of tests as scientific instruments validated by technical experts is anachronistic and self-contradictory. He makes a case for a contextual paradigm, an approach which assumes that consensus on educational goals and national testing programs is neither possible nor desireable. Assessment practices in a democratic society must acknowledge and affirm differences in values, beliefs, and material interests among individuals and groups over the purposes and practices of schooling.

Trade and Transport Facilitation: An Audit Methodology

Alleviating poverty through direct assistance and economic growth is an important objective of the World Bank. For this strategy to succeed, all potential impediments to the competitiveness of export industries must be tackled and reduced. Informational trade performance and efficiency are essential components of overall success. And in this new economy of instant communication, the main bottleneck is delivery, that is, transport and logistics.National frontiers impose a complex set of procedural requirements on incoming and outgoing consignments. Although the World Bank's investment in visible transport infrastructure to increase trade is significant, trade cannot advance without parallel, systematic improvement in the invisible infrastructure of border entry. The audit methodology set forth in this document offers an assessment of the difficulties, exposes most of the important customs facilitators, and assesses the skills needed for expert advice and action.This publication will be of interest to trade and transport policymakers, professional organizations, consultants, and anyone looking for answers to the transport challenges posed by the requirements of international trade.

Business & Money

International

World Bank Publications

This report is an expanded version of Trade and Transport Facilitation: An Audit Methodology, published by the World Bank in April 2000. Its primary focus is on transport facilitation in developing countries. Understanding that each country has its own set of special characteristics including significant border entry and import points, this report provides an analytical approach complemented by practical suggestions on how to analyze findings and create effective remedial action plans.

Trade and Transport Facilitation: A Toolkit for Audit, Analysis, and Remedial Action (427) (World Bank Discussion Papers)

In 1976 John Raven presented four Grey Lectures at Cambridge University which sought to reappraise long-accepted identifications of ancient names for modern plants. These lectures, plus another given in 1971, form the main focus of this book and many of the issues raised within them are discussed further by William Stearn, Nicholas Jardine and Peter Warren, taking account of more research. Also includes an additional two papers by Alice Lindsell, as well as illustrations from her

Plants and Plant Lore in Ancient Greece

History

Ancient Civilizations

Mrs F. Raven

Opening the Primary Classroom (Scre Publication No 87)

Scottish Council for Research

Parliamentary History Of England

Europe

Legare Street Press

The Visitacion of Norffolk

HARVEY, William

Cooke, Robert

Nabu Press

Sacred Musings, Ed. by J.L.F. Russell

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