Test better, teach better
Subtitle: the instructional role of assessment
By: W. James Popham
Contributors: NetLibrary, Inc
Publisher: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Alexandria, Va
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 174
Subjects: Examinations; Educational tests and measurements; Effective teaching
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Electronic data. Boulder, Colo. : NetLibrary, 2004.

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Table of contents: title: The links between testing and teaching; title: How tests can clarify the curriculum; title: Too many testing targets; title: Validity, reliability, and bias; title: An introduction to test-building; title: Selected-response items; title: Constructed-response items; title: The value of affective assessment; title: Uses and misuses of standardized achievement tests; title: Instructionally supportive standards-based tests; title: Collecting credible classroom evidence of instructional impact; title: Epilogue, Cora in her classroom : an illustration of instructionally focused testing.