Classroom Assessment

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New! Revised Concise Content—expands and clarifies the purposes of assessment for teaching and learning.  In keeping with the climate of standards-based accountability, the book now includes even more information on No Child Left Behind and its implications for teachers and students. More refined standards for reliability and validity are presented. Detailed information is given on the processes teachers use to plan and create effective tests including a section on how to anchor test questions in learning objectives. This edition also includes more material on keeping track of student learning in progress before giving formal assessments. 

New! Updated unique chapter-by-chapter coverage of adapting assessment for students with special needs—sets the stage for incorporating a discussion of special needs students throughout.  This book provides a basic understanding of specific challenges in this type of assessment and ideas for effective adaptations. Reducing bias in assessment is an important theme that runs throughout the book.  In this edition more material has been added on sensitivity to diversity and designing assessments that meet the needs of all students.  (See pages 195 and 237 for examples.)

The second edition of this exceptionally lucid and practical assessment text provides a wealth of powerful concrete examples that help students to understand assessment concepts and to effectively use assessment to support learning.   The book offers unique coverage of ways to use assessment to support student learning across the developmental span from Kindergarten through high school. Rather than treat assessment separately from instruction, this book’s unique approach treats assessment as a central factor in the life of a teacher every day, whether it’s part of planning instruction, composing small study groups, or communicating test results to pupils, parents and principals.  The book also provides more coverage than any other classroom assessment text of how to adapt assessment to the needs of students with disabilities and students whose first language is not English.

I. THE ROLE OF ASSESSMENT IN SUPPORTING TEACHING AND LEARNING.

 1. Introduction to Assessment

 2. What is Worth Teaching and Assessing?

 3. Effects of Classroom-Based Assessments on Students

II. PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT

4. Assessment of Learning in Progress

5.  Assessment of Valued Performances

III. CLASSROOM TESTING

 6. Introduction to Classroom Testing

 7. Traditional Item Development

 8. Performance Item Development

IV. SUMMARIZING STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT

 9. Portfolio Assessment

10. Grades and Grading Processes

11. Communicating with Others about Student Learning

12. Using Information from Standardized Tests

Appendix A: Washington State Certificate of Academic Achievement Options Technical Advisory Board Members

Appendix B: Washington State National Technical Advisory Committee Members

Glossary

Name Index

Subject Index

Now in its second edition, this exceptionally lucid and practical assessment text provides a wealth of powerful concrete examples to help students understand assessment concepts and effectively use assessment to support learning. Rather than treat assessment separately from instruction, this book’s unique approach treats assessment as a central factor in the life of a teacher every day, whether it’s part of planning instruction, composing small study groups, or communicating test results to pupils, parents, and principals.

Extensive practical applications with concrete, real-world examples provide future teachers hands-on experience with the real work of students and teachers.

• Exceptionally clear step-by-step guidance on how to construct and use assessments, including grading student artifacts and the inclusion of a complete test.   (For examples see pages 301 and 216)
• Teaches readers how to create a range of assessments that effectively assess student progress toward learning goals.

Unique coverage of child development issues in assessment–examining ways to use assessment to support student learning across the developmental span from kindergarten through high school.

• Helps future teachers understand what is and is not effective assessment practice at different grade levels. (For examples see pages 129 and 234) 

Unique chapter-by-chapter coverage of adapting assessment for students with special needs.  Provides a basic understanding of specific challenges in this type of assessment and ideas for effective adaptations.

• Includes more coverage than any other classroom assessment text on how to adapt assessment to the needs of students with disabilities and students whose first language is not English. (For examples see pages 195 and 237) 

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