Classroom Assessment : What Teachers Need to Know
ISBN: 9780137002337 | 0137002335
Edition: 6thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Pearson
Pub. Date: 1/3/2010
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Written with energy and wit, this reader-friendly text discusses practical ways in which teachers can use well-written tests to improve their effectiveness in the classroom.Exploring a wide range of classroom assessments as well as how these assessments can benefit student learning, the thoroughly revised sixth edition of Classroom Assessment retains its humorous tone and unique practice exercises while adding new research, new material, and new features. This edition covers both contemporary classroom assessment issues, including No Child Left... MORE
1 Why Do Teachers Need to Know about Assessment
2 Reliability of Assessment
3 Validity
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5 Deciding What to Assess and How to Assess It
6 Selected-Response Tests
7 Constructed-Response Tests
8 Performance Assessment
9 Portfolio Assessment
10 Affective Assessment
11 Improving Teacher-Developed Assessments
12 Instructionally Oriented Assessment
13 Making Sense Out of Standardized Test Scores
14 Appropriate and Inappropriate Test-Preparation Practices
15 Evaluating Teaching and Grading Students
Glossary
Index
W. James Popham began his career as a high school teacher in Oregon. He is professor emeritus at the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies. The author of 30 books, and a former president of the American Educational Research Association, he is the recipient of the National Council on Measurement in Education Award for Career Contributions to Educational Measurement.
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