Classroom assessment in action /

Classroom Assessment in Action clarifies the multi-faceted roles of measurement and assessment and their applications in a classroom setting. Comprehensive in scope, Shermis and Di Vesta explain basic measurement concepts and show students how to interpret the results of standardized tests. From the...

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Main Author: Shermis, Mark D., 1953-
Other Authors: Di Vesta, Francis J.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2011.
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Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9781442208384
1442208384
1283046350
9781283046350
9786613046352
6613046353
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Preface; Acknowledgments; A Note to the Reader: Theory to Practice; 1 Orientation to Assessment; 2 Planning Assessments; 3 Observation: Bases of Assessment; 4 Formative Assessment: Using Assessment for Improving Instruction; 5 Performance Assessment; 6 Developing Objective Tests; 7 Developing Subjective Tests; 8 Selecting Standardized Tests; 9 Technology in Assessment; 10 Improving Tests; 11 Domain-Specific Assessment and Learning; 12 Grading; 13 Supplementary Assessments of Individual Differences; 14 High-Stakes Testing: Policy and Accountability; 15 Assessment and Best Practices.