Full Description
Amplify your assessment literacy.
Formative, data-driven, high-stakes—we all know the buzzwords surrounding educational testing. But often times we shelve our understanding of these terms because we think they are overwhelmingly complex. After all, isn't that why we have "experts" crafting assessments?
Those who care about our schools and students—teachers, administrators, policymakers, parents, citizens—will find The ABCs of Educational Testing the first accessible explanation of how and why having a fundamental understanding of educational testing is so important. Inappropriate tests are currently leading to harmful decision-making, and this book gives you everything you need to know to change that, including
The purposes of tests
The difference between and importance of reliability and validity
How to build tests with fairness
The importance of students' affect
Using a nontechnical and conversational approach, this book offers fundamental knowledge to free you from testing fogginess—all framed around practical actions you can take today to strengthen your assessment literacy for tomorrow.
Contents
Preface
About the Author
1. Why Fuss With Educational Testing?
2. Three Primary Purposes of Educational Testing
3. Behind Standardized Testing's Cloudy Curtain
4. Validity: The Crux of the Caper
5. Reliability: Considering Consistency in Inconsistent Containers
6. Fairness in Testing: A Long Time Coming
7. Reporting Results: Where Rubber and Road Meet
8. Formative Assessment: Instructional Magic?
9. Students' Affect: Underappreciated, Undermeasured
10. What Next?
Glossary
References
Index
