TY - BOOK AU - Popham,W.James TI - Test better, teach better: the instructional role of assessment SN - 0871206676 (alk. paper) AV - LB3051 .P61433 2003 U1 - 371.26/2 21 PY - 2003/// CY - Alexandria, Va. PB - Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development KW - Educational tests and measurements KW - Examinations KW - Effective teaching N1 - 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip044/2003011511.html ER -