AuthorPopham, W. James
TitleTest better, teach better [electronic resource] : the instructional role of assessment / W. James Popham
Imprint Alexandria, Va. : Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, c2003
Connect tohttp://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=102059
Descript x, 174 p. : ill. ; 23 cm

CONTENT

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


SUBJECT

  1. Educational tests and measurements
  2. Examinations
  3. Effective teaching
  4. Electronic books.