Classroom Assessment: What Teachers Need to Know, 10th edition

W James Popham

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Classroom Assessment shows pre- and in-service teachers how to use classroom testing accurately and formatively to dramatically increase your teaching effectiveness and promote student learning. In addition to clear and concise guidelines on how to develop and use quality classroom assessments, the author also focuses on the teaching implications of testing and the instructional payoffs of well-designed tests. Real-world case studies and examples of reliability, validity and fairness demonstrate how crucial test-appraisal criterion is used in a variety of instructional settings. Coverage of current guidelines, laws, policy changes, standards and methods keep you up to date on current best practices and requirements.

The 10th Edition includes extensive discussion of the Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing and their impact on classroom assessment, new technology content, and more.

ISBN-13: 9780138285203

Subject: Educational Psychology

Category: Classroom Assessment

Why Do Teachers Need to Know About Assessment?
Deciding What to Assess
Reliability of Assessment
Validity
Fairness
Selected-Response Tests
Constructed-Response Tests
Performance Assessment
Portfolio Assessment
Affective Assessment
Improving Teacher-Developed Assessments
Formative Assessment
Making Sense Out of Standardized Test Scores
Appropriate and Inappropriate Test-Preparation Practices
The Evaluation of Instruction
Assessment-Based Grading