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Help pre- and in-service teachers learn to improve their ability to facilitate student learning through better assessment
Educational Assessment of Students offers information about the basics of educational measurement and step-by-step instructions on how to use and construct formative and summative assessments for classroom teaching. The text provides complete coverage of educational assessment, including developing plans that integrate teaching and assessment; using formative assessment strategies and providing effective feedback to students; crafting objective, performance, and portfolio assessments; evaluating students and discussing evaluations with parents; and interpreting state-mandated tests and standardized achievement tests.
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Contents
Part I: The Bases for Assessment
Classroom Decision Making and Using Assessment
Describing the Goals of Instruction
Validity of Assessment Results
Reliability of Assessment Results
Professional Responsibilities, Ethical Behavior, and Legal Requirements in Educational Assessments
Part II: Crafting and Using Classroom Assessments
Planning for Integrating Assessment and Instruction
Diagnostic and Formative Assessments
Providing Formative Feedback
Fill-in-the-Blank and True-False Items
Multiple-Choice and Matching Exercises
Higher-Order Thinking, Problem Solving, and Critical Thinking
Essay Assessment Tasks
Performance and Portfolio Assessments
Preparing Your Students to Be Assessed and Using Students' Results to Improve Your Assessments
Evaluating and Grading Student Achievement
Part III: Interpreting and Using Standardized Tests
Standardized Achievement Tests
Interpreting Norm-Referenced Scores
Finding and Evaluating Published Assessments
Scholastic Aptitude, Career Interests, Attitudes, and Personality Tests
Appendixes
Educational Assessment Knowledge and Skills for Teachers
Code of Fair Testing Practices in Education (Revised)
Code of Professional Responsibilities in Educational Measurement
Summaries of Taxonomies of Educational Objectives: Cognitive, Affective, and Psychomotor Domains
Implementing the Principles of Universal Design via Technology-Based Testing
Basic Statistical Concepts
Computational Procedures for Various Reliability Coefficients
A Limited List of Published Tests
List of Test Publishers and Their Websites
Answers to Even-Numbered Exercises
Glossary References Name Index Subject Index
