Assessment of Student Achievement

Description

• Chapter 1: Achievement Assessment and Instruction
• Chapter 2: Nature of Student Assessment
• Chapter 3: Planning for Assessment
• Chapter 4: Validity and Reliability
• Chapter 5: Preparing and Using Achievement Tests
• Chapter 6: Writing Selection Items: Multiple Choice
• Chapter 7: Writing Selection Items: True-False, Matching, and Interpretive Exercise
• Chapter 8: Writing Supply Items: Short Answer and Essay
• Chapter 9: Performance Assessments
• Chapter 10: Assessment in Distance Education
• Chapter 11: Grading and Reporting
• Chapter 12: Interpreting Standardized Achievement Test Scores
• Chapter 13: Using Assessment in Action Research
• Appendix A: Revised Edition of Bloom’s Taxonomy of Educational Objectives
• Appendix B: Self-Assessment Answer Key

This respected resource gives teachers the information they need to develop high-quality assessments to use in their classrooms. The author team presents a balanced, concise, and practical guide for testing and performance assessment that is rooted in effective classroom instruction and learning. Their approach gives equal emphasis to testing and performance assessment—each used when it is most appropriate—as integral steps that improve student learning and ultimately build student success. With more examples, new recommended reading, and an expanded discussion of how assessment informs instruction, this book offers the strongest strategies to assess then build the skills of all learners.

The tenth edition has been revised with important additions such as historical and legislative events in U.S. history related to educational assessment, a robust expansion of content on the important topics of assessing in distance-education and Action Research in education with new chapters for each, and a plethora of updated pedagogy including revised Learning Outcomes, Questions and Answer Keys, references, and additional readings. 

• New Increased emphasis is placed on the historical events and legal matters that have shaped assessment in education is given in Chapter 1. This new section, discussing the influential events and U.S. history and legislation on assessment in public education, will help students better understand the history and evolution of assessment in public education, and the legislative influences on assessment policies and methods.
• New Chapter on Performance Assessment. The previous editions’ separate chapters 9 and 10 are now combined in the tenth edition to improve the continuity of discussion about the performance assessment process and procedures.
• New An expanded discussion of distance-education is covered in the new Chapter 10. The tenth edition expands on previous edition’s coverage of distance-education with a new chapter devoted to assessment in distance-education and the growing trend of distance-education delivery. Students learn the common methods used to assess student achievement in distance-education, how these methods assist in the assessment process, and how to curb cheating among students.
• New Increased coverage of Action Research in Education is presented with a prominent new Chapter 13. Students will learn the vital role that assessment plays in action research, common sampling methods used in action research, data analysis approaches, and how to conduct action research.
• New Features newly updated Learning Outcomes for each of the revised and added chapters. Listing learning goals relating to the chapter content, these outcomes serve to promote learning by articulating to the student the focus of the chapter and what they should know, understand, and be able to apply once they have completed the chapter.
• New Questions for review have been added at the conclusion of each chapter, along with an Answer Key in the Appendices. The questions provide an opportunity for students to self-assess their learning progress as they make their way through the text.
• New Revised and updated References and Additional Reading section in selected chapters. These are additional resources students can use to enhance their learning of assessment. Chapters 1, 9, 10, and 13.

Balanced, concise, and practical, Waugh and Gronlund’s Assessment of Student Achievement, Tenth Edition, presents an exceptionally strong set of strategies to help teachers assess all learners in today’s schools. Written in a simple and direct manner, and using frequent examples and illustrations to clarify important points, the text is a balanced, concise, and practical guide for testing and performance assessment. The authors’ approach emphasizes testing as well as performance evaluation—each used when it is most appropriate—as integral steps that improve student learning and ultimately build student success. This highly-regarded textbook, replete with thorough updates in the new tenth edition, prepares educators use assessment as a tool to help develop all students in their classrooms. A great portion of the textbook is devoted to preparing and using classroom tests and performance assessments, assigning grades, and interpreting standardized test scores to individual students and parents.

Dr. C. Keith Waugh is an Associate Professor in the Department of Workforce Education and Development at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Over his fifteen-year career in academia, Dr. Waugh has held numerous leadership appointments including department chair, and continues to teach both undergraduate- and graduate-level courses in student assessment, research methods, and program evaluation. Dr. Waugh is the author or co-author of over 20 books, articles, and professional papers; a frequent speaker at national conferences and other venues on the topics of assessment and evaluation; and invited regularly to conduct evaluations of post-secondary programs. In 2006, Dr. Waugh was awarded the College of Education and Human Services, Southern Illinois University Carbondale Teacher of the Year Award.

Written for courses in Classroom Assessment (Educational Psychology, Tests & Measurements).

A practical guide for educators who want to learn how to prepare valid assessment instruments that contribute to effective instruction and student learning, this respected resource is the best preparation on the market for developing proven, sound, high-quality assessments for use in the classroom.

This text presents an exceptionally strong set of strategies to help teachers assess all learners in today’s schools. Written in a simple and direct manner, and using frequent examples and illustrations to clarify important points, the text is a balanced, concise, and practical guide for testing and performance assessment. The authors’ approach emphasises testing as well as performance evaluation—each used when it is most appropriate—as integral steps that improve student learning and ultimately build student success. This highly-regarded textbook, replete with thorough updates in the new tenth edition, prepares educators use assessment as a tool to help develop all students in their classrooms.

• Prepares teachers to successfully assess students in the classroom. This edition features the use of authentic examples that further illustrate proven assessment procedures, and an overview of the various types of student assessment and guidelines for their use.
• Handy reference tools provide extra help for student success. Every chapter beginning features Learning Objectives, and the end matter includes a Glossary that covers assessment terms for quick reference.
• Illustrates the simplified method of item analysis for use with classroom tests.
• Focuses on the assessment of comprehensive and complex performance outcomes that the teachers can use in place of testing.
• Describes how to prepare, use, and evaluate classroom portfolios that have become a key element of performance assessment.
• Demystifies for educators the often difficult task of communicating about classroom performance by offering a helpful guide for teachers in assigning grades and reporting these marks to students and parents.
• Clear guidelines are found throughout many chapters with comprehensible steps for preparing, using, and scoring performance assessments.

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