Test Better, Teach Better: The Instructional Role of Assessment

Popham, W. James

ISBN 10: 0871206676 / ISBN 13: 9780871206671

Verlag: ASCD, Alexandria, VA, 2003

Beschreibung

174 pp. Tightly bound. Spine not compromised. Text is free of markings. Light bump to top right corner front cover.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 075997

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Test Better, Teach Better: The Instructional Role of Assessment
• Verlag: ASCD, Alexandria, VA
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2003
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0871206676
• ISBN-13: 9780871206671
• Einband: Paperback
• Zustand: Very Good

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Inhaltsangabe

The right kinds of tests, correctly applied, can help every teacher become a better teacher. But unless you know the nuts and bolts of effective test design and application, you may be collecting the wrong data; misinterpreting data; and drawing off-base conclusions about what students know and can do, what to teach next, and how effective your instruction has been.

In Test Better, Teach Better, assessment expert W. James Popham explores the links between assessment and instruction and provides a jargon-free look at classroom and large-scale test construction, interpretation, and application. Featuring sample items, testing tips, and recommended resources, this crash course in instructionally focused assessment includes

* The four types of instructional decisions that testing will illuminate.

* What you really need to know about measurement concepts like validity, reliability, and bias.

* The advantages and disadvantages of various test formats and experience-based rules for creating great items in each.

* The benefits of assessing student affect and guidelines for doing it in your own classroom.

In addition, Popham offers practical advice for dealing with today's myriad testing targets and explains how standards-based achievement tests currently don't (but could) provide both accountability evidence and useful instructional information.

Reseña del editor

Explains how to create and use tests to guide everyday teaching practices.