Assessment of Student Achievement

Höfundar: C Keith Waugh; Norman E Gronlund (Útgáfa: 10)
Assessment of Student Achievement

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This is the eBook of the printed book and may not include any media, website access codes, or print supplements that may come packaged with the bound book. Balanced, concise, and practical, Waugh and Gronlund’s Assessment of Student Achievement, Tenth Edition, presents an exceptionally strong set of strategies to help teachers assess all learners in today’s schools. Written in a simple and direct manner, and using frequent examples and illustrations to clarify important points, the text is a balanced, concise, and practical guide for testing and performance assessment.

The authors’ approach emphasizes testing as well as performance evaluation—each used when it is most appropriate—as integral steps that improve student learning and ultimately build student success. This highly-regarded textbook, replete with thorough updates in the new tenth edition, prepares educators use assessment as a tool to help develop all students in their classrooms. A great portion of the textbook is devoted to preparing and using classroom tests and performance assessments, assigning grades, and interpreting standardized test scores to individual students and parents.

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Útgefandi
Pearson Education (US)
ISBN
9780133094817
Print ISBN
9780132689632
Format
Page Fidelity (PDF)
Útgáfa
10
Höfundar
C Keith Waugh; Norman E Gronlund
Tungumál
English
Útgefið
2012-05-18
Prent takmörkun á líftíma
100
Prent takmörkun
2
Afritunar takmörkun
2

Kaflar

  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • PREFACE
  • Chapter 1 ACHIEVEMENT ASSESSMENT AND INSTRUCTION
  • Relationship Between Instruction and Assessment
  • Assessment in the Instructional Process
  • Other Ways Assessments Can Aid Learning
  • Historical and Legislative Influences on Student Assessment
  • Teachers’ Standards for Student Assessment
  • Summary of Points
  • References and Additional Reading
  • Self-Assessment
  • Chapter 2 NATURE OF STUDENT ASSESSMENT
  • Major Types of Assessment Methods
  • Guidelines for Effective Student Assessment
  • Norm-Referenced and Criterion-Referenced Assessment
  • Summary of Points
  • References and Additional Reading
  • Self-Assessment
  • Chapter 3 PLANNING FOR ASSESSMENT
  • Using Taxonomies as a Guide
  • Role of Instructional Objectives
  • Preparing for Assessment
  • Types of Assessment Procedures
  • Validity and Reliability in Assessment Planning
  • Summary of Points
  • References and Additional Reading
  • Self-Assessment
  • Chapter 4 VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY
  • Validity
  • Reliability
  • Summary of Points
  • References and Additional Reading
  • Self-Assessment
  • Chapter 5 PREPARING AND USING ACHIEVEMENT TESTS
  • Specifying the Instructional Objectives
  • Preparing the Test Specifications
  • Considerations in Constructing Relevant Test Items
  • General Guidelines for Item Writing
  • Arranging the Items in the Test
  • Preparing Clear Directions
  • Administering and Scoring the Test
  • Analyzing the Effectiveness of Test Items
  • Summary of Points
  • References and Additional Reading
  • Self-Assessment
  • Chapter 6 WRITING SELECTION ITEMS: MULTIPLE CHOICE
  • Nature of Multiple-Choice Items
  • Rules for Writing Multiple-Choice Items
  • Summary of Points
  • References and Additional Reading
  • Self-Assessment
  • Chapter 7 WRITING SELECTION ITEMS: TRUE-FALSE, MATCHING, AND INTERPRETIVE EXERCISE
  • True-False Items
  • Matching Items
  • The Interpretive Exercise
  • Summary of Points
  • References and Additional Reading
  • Self-Assessment
  • Chapter 8 WRITING SUPPLY ITEMS: SHORT ANSWER AND ESSAY
  • Short-Answer Items
  • Essay Questions
  • Summary of Points
  • References and Additional Reading
  • Self-Assessment
  • Chapter 9 PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENTS
  • Components of Performance Skills
  • Stating Objectives for Performance Assessment
  • Restricted and Extended Performance Tasks
  • Steps in Preparing Performance Assessments
  • Making Performance Assessments More Authentic
  • Preparing for Performance Assessments
  • Diagnostic Performance Assessments
  • Summary of Points
  • References and Additional Reading
  • Self-Assessment
  • Chapter 10 ASSESSMENT IN DISTANCE EDUCATION
  • Asynchronous Versus Synchronous Online Assessment
  • Types of Online Assessments
  • Ways to Identify or Reduce Cheating in Online Assessment
  • Summary of Points
  • References and Additional Reading
  • Self-Assessment
  • Chapter 11 GRADING AND REPORTING
  • Selecting the Basis for Grading
  • Combining Data for Grading
  • Electronic Grading
  • Guidelines for Effective and Fair Grading
  • Reporting to Students and Parents
  • Summary of Points
  • References and Additional Reading
  • Self-Assessment
  • Chapter 12 INTERPRETING STANDARDIZED ACHIEVEMENT TEST SCORES
  • Features of Standardized Achievement Tests
  • Interpreting Norm-Referenced Scores
  • Criterion-Referenced Interpretation
  • Summary of Points
  • References and Additional Reading
  • Self-Assessment
  • Chapter 13 USING ASSESSMENT IN ACTION RESEARCH
  • Characteristics of Action Research
  • Process for Conducting Action Research
  • Guidelines for Conducting Action Research
  • Summary of Points
  • References and Additional Reading
  • Self-Assessment
  • Appendix A: Revised Edition of Bloom’s Taxonomy of Educational Objectives
  • Appendix B: Self-Assessment Answer Key
  • Glossary
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
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  • I
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  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • Q
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • V
  • Index
  • A
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