Full Description
Provides a practical, student-friendly introduction to the major concepts and everyday issues in this field. Superbly organized, pedagogically sound, and thoroughly up-to-date, it shows teachers and prospective teachers how to conduct first-rate assessment in their own classrooms as well as how to understand and interpret state and national testing programs, including the latest developments from IDEA and NCLB. The text emphasizes a best-practices approach to assessment and a hands-on approach to learning.
Contents
Preface. Acknowledgments.
To the Students.
Chapter 1. Introduction: The World of Educational Assessment.
Chapter 2. Statistics: Just a Little Bit.
Chapter 3. Reliability: Stability of Performance.
Chapter 4. Validity: What the Test Measures.
Chapter 5. Norms and Criteria: Interpreting Student Performance.
Chapter 6. Planning for Assessment.
Chapter 7. Selected-Response Items: Multiple-Choice, True-False, Matching.
Chapter 8. Constructed-Response Items: Essays, Performances, Portfolios.
Chapter 9. Interests, Creativity, and Non-test Indicators.
Chapter 10. Administering and Analyzing Your Tests.
Chapter 11. Standardized Tests I: Achievement.
Chapter 12. Standardized Tests II: Ability, Interests, Personality.
Chapter 13. Grading and Reporting.
Chapter 14. Educational Assessment and the Law.
Chapter 15. Evaluating Teaching: Applying Assessment to Yourself.
Appendixes.
