Assessment of Student Achievement, 10th edition

• 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.

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.