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Summary Table of Contents

This text is a balanced, concise, and practical guide for testing and performance assessment linked to effective classroom instruction and learning. Assessment of Student Achievement, Seventh Edition, emphasizes that assessment is a broad term that includes testing and performance assessment, each used where it is most appropriate. Valid assessment is necessary for effective instruction with a goal of improved student learning. A portion of the text is devoted to each of the following topics: how to prepare and use classroom tests and performance assessments and how to assign grades and interpret standardized test scores to students and parents. The material is presented in a simple, direct, and understandable manner.

Preface

Achievement Assessment and Instruction

(13)

Relation between Instruction and Assessment

(1)

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Assessment in the Instructional Process

(5)

Other Ways Assessment Can Aid Learning

(2)

Teachers' Standards for Student Assessment

(1)

Summary of Points

(1)

References and Additional Reading

(1)

Nature of Student Assessment

(17)

Major Types of Assessment Methods

(3)

Guidelines for Effective Student Assessment

(5)

Validity and Reliability in Assessment Planning

(4)

Norm-Referenced and Criterion-Referenced Assessment

(2)

Summary of Points

(1)

References and Additional Reading

(1)

Planning for Assessment

(29)

Types of Intended Learning Outcomes

(1)

Role of Instructional Objectives

(3)

Preparing and Using an Achievement Test

(2)

Specifying the Instructional Objectives

(2)

Preparing the Test Specifications

(3)

Considerations in Constructing Relevant Test Items

(6)

General Guidelines for Item Writing

(2)

Arranging the Items in the Test

(1)

Preparing Directions

(1)

Reviewing and Evaluating the Assembled Test

(1)

Administering and Scoring the Test

(1)

Analyzing the Effectiveness of Test Items

(3)

Summary of Points

(1)

References and Additional Reading

(1)

Writing Selection Items: Multiple Choice

(23)

Nature of Multiple- Choice Items

(2)

Uses of Multiple- Choice Items

(5)

Rules for Writing Multiple- Choice Items

(15)

Summary of Points

(1)

References and Additional Reading

(1)

Writing Selection Items: True-False, Matching, and Intrepretive Exercise

(17)

True-False Items

(6)

Matching Items

(3)

The Interpretive Exercise

(5)

Summary of Points

(1)

References and Additional Reading

(1)

Writing Supply Items: Short Answer and Essay

100

(16)

Short-Answer Items

101

(4)

Essay Questions

105

(9)

Summary of Points

114

(1)

References and Additional Reading

115

(1)

Traditional Performance Assessments of Skills and Products

116

(23)

Components of Performance Skills

117

(1)

Stating Objectives for Performance Assessment

118

(1)

Restricted and Extended Performance Tasks

119

(1)

Steps in Preparing Performance Assessments

120

(1)

Specifying the Performance Outcomes

120

(3)

Selecting the Focus of the Assessment

123

(1)

Selecting an Appropriate Degree of Realism

124

(2)

Selecting the Performance Situation

126

(5)

Selecting the Method of Observing, Recording, and Scoring

131

(5)

Improving Performance Assessments

136

(1)

Summary of Points

137

(1)

References and Additional Reading

138

(1)

Expanded Performance Assessments

139

(18)

Ways to Expand Traditional Performance Assessment

141

(2)

Using Performance Tasks as Prompts

143

(4)

Using Student Projects for Performance Assessment

147

(6)

Evaluating Student Projects

153

(2)

Summary of Points

155

(1)

References and Additional Reading

156

(1)

Portfolio Assessment

157

(12)

Advantages of Using Classroom Portfolios

158

(1)

Planning for the Use of Portfolios

159

(4)

Evaluating the Portfolio

163

(4)

Summary of Points

167

(1)

References and Additional Reading

168

(1)

Grading and Reporting

169

(14)

Selecting the Basis for Grading

170

(5)

Combining Data for Grading

175

(3)

Guidelines for Effective and Fair Grading

178

(1)

Reporting to Students and Parents

179

(2)

Summary of Points

181

(1)

References and Additional Reading

182

(1)

Interpreting Standardized Achievement Test Scores

183

(18)

Features of Standardized Achievement Tests

184

(1)

Interpreting Norm-Referenced Scores

185

(1)

Percentile Ranks

186

(3)

Grade Equivalent Scores

189

(1)

Standard Scores

190

(6)

Criterion-Referenced Interpretation

196

(2)

Summary of Points

198

(2)

References and Additional Reading

200

(1)

Validity and Reliability

201

(22)

Validity

202

(10)

Reliability

212

(9)

Summary of Points

221

(1)

References and Additional Reading

222

(1)

Glossary

223

(4)

Index

227

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