Educational assessment of students
By: Anthony J. Nitko, Susan Brookhart.
Contributors: Brookhart, Susan M.
Edition: 5th ed.
Publisher: Pearson Education
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Upper Saddle River, NJ
Language: eng
Subjects: Educational tests and measurements.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The bases for assessment in the classroom; title: Classroom decision making and using assessment; title: Describing the goals and learning targets of instruction; title: Validity of assessment results; title: Reliability of assessment results; title: Professional responsibilities, ethical behavior, and legal requirements in educational assessments; title: Crafting and using classroom assessments; title: Planning for integrating assessment and instruction; title: Completion, short-answer, and true-false items; title: Multiple-choice and matching exercises; title: Essay assessment tasks; title: Higher-order thinking, problem solving, and critical thinking; title: Performance, portfolio, and authentic assessments : an overview; title: How to craft performance tasks, projects, portfolios, rating scales, and scoring rubrics; title: Formative evaluation using informal diagnostic assessments; title: Preparing your students to be assessed and using students' results to improve your assessments; title: Evaluating and grading student progress; title: Interpreting and using standardized tests; title: Standardized achievement tests; title: Interpreting norm-referenced scores; title: Finding and evaluating published assessments; title: Scholastic aptitude, career interests; title: Attitudes, and personality tests.