Educational assessment of students / Anthony J. Nitko, Susan M. Brookhart

Author:: Nitko, Anthony J.
Published:: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Merrill Prentice Hall, [2007]
Copyright Date:: ©2007
Edition:: 5th ed.
Physical Description:: xviii, 548 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Additional Creators:: Brookhart, Susan M.

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Contents:

The bases for assessment in the classroom -- Classroom decision making and using assessment -- Describing the goals and learning targets of instruction -- Validity of assessment results -- Reliability of assessment results -- Professional responsibilities, ethical behavior, and legal requirements in educational assessments -- Crafting and using classroom assessments -- Planning for integrating assessment and instruction -- Completion, short-answer, and true-false items -- Multiple-choice and matching exercises -- Essay assessment tasks -- Higher-order thinking, problem solving, and critical thinking -- Performance, portfolio, and authentic assessments : an overview -- How to craft performance tasks, projects, portfolios, rating scales, and scoring rubrics -- Formative evaluation using informal diagnostic assessments -- Preparing your students to be assessed and using students' results to improve your assessments -- Evaluating and grading student progress -- Interpreting and using standardized tests -- Standardized achievement tests -- Interpreting norm-referenced scores -- Finding and evaluating published assessments -- Scholastic aptitude, career interests, attitudes, and personality tests.

Subject(s):

Educational tests and measurements

ISBN:

0131719254

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 525-536) and indexes.

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