Popham, W. James.
Test better, teach better : the instructional role of assessment / W. James Popham. - x, 174 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
0871206676 (alk. paper) 9780871206671
2003011511
Educational tests and measurements.
Examinations.
Effective teaching.
LB3051 / .P61433 2003
371.26/2
Test better, teach better : the instructional role of assessment / W. James Popham. - x, 174 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
0871206676 (alk. paper) 9780871206671
2003011511
Educational tests and measurements.
Examinations.
Effective teaching.
LB3051 / .P61433 2003
371.26/2