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Classroom assessment and the National Science Education Standards / Committee on Classroom Assessment and the National Science Education Standards ; J. Myron Atkin, Paul Black, Janet Coffey, editors.
Van Pelt Library LB1585.3 .C54 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science--Ability testing--United States.
- Science.
- Science--Ability testing.
- United States.
- Science--Study and teaching--United States--Evaluation.
- Science--Study and teaching.
- Evaluation.
- Science--Study and teaching--Standards--United States.
- Science--Study and teaching--Standards.
- Physical Description:
- x, 115 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : National Academy Press, [2001]
- Contents:
- Organization of the Report 3
- 1 An Introduction to Assessment in The Science Classroom 7
- 2 The Case for Strengthening Assessment in the Science Classroom 11
- A Framework for Formative Assessment 13
- The Teacher's Role 15
- The Student's Role 17
- The School's Role 18
- Assessment and High Standards 19
- Multiple Purposes of Assessment 20
- 3 Assessment in the Classroom 23
- Features of Formative Assessment 25
- Where Are You Trying to Go? 32
- Where Are You Now? 33
- How Can You Get There? 49
- The Equity Principle 52
- Validity and Reliability 55
- 4 The Relationship Between Formative and Summative Assessment
- In the Classroom and Beyond 59
- How Can Summative Assessment Serve the Standards? 60
- Forms of Summative Assessment in the Classroom 60
- Grading and Communicating Achievement 64
- Validity and Reliability in Summative Assessments 69
- Large-Scale, External Assessment
- The Current System and Need for Reform 71
- Building an External Standards-Based Summative Assessment System 73
- Learning from Current Reform 74
- 5 Professional Development 79
- Features of Professional Development 80
- An Agenda for Assessment-Centered Professional Development 83
- Supporting Student Involvement in Assessment 88
- 6 Beyond the Classroom
- System-Level Supports 97
- District and State Testing Policies 98
- Teachers' Voice in External Science Assessments 99
- District and School Level 99
- Higher Education 102
- Community and Parents 103
- Toward What End? 103.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 105-110) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 030906998X
- OCLC:
- 46353320
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