Author | Popham, W. James |
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Title | Test better, teach better [electronic resource] : the instructional role of assessment / W. James Popham |
Imprint | Alexandria, Va. : Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, c2003 |
Connect to | http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=102059 |
Descript | x, 174 p. : ill. ; 23 cm |
The links between testing and teaching -- How tests can clarify the curriculum -- Too many testing targets -- Validity, reliability, and bias -- An introduction to test-building -- Selected-response items -- Constructed-response items -- The value of affective assessment -- Uses and misuses of standardized achievement tests -- Instructionally supportive standards-based tests -- Collecting credible classroom evidence of instructional impact -- Epilogue, Cora in her classroom : an illustration of instructionally focused testing