Classroom assessment : what teachers need to know / W. James Popham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Popham, W. James.

Contributor:

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational tests and measurements.

Examinations--Design and construction.

Examinations.

Examinations--Validity.

Physical Description:

xiv, 370 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

Fourth edition.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Pearson Education, 2005.

Summary:

Written in Jim Popham's characteristic witty style, the Fourth Edition of Classroom Assessment addresses the range of assessments that teachers are likely to use in their classrooms. The forces of accountability have changed educational assessment and this new edition now addresses the central issue of how classroom assessment can effectively benefit students when carried out in the context of accountability tests. New legislation such as the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) and issues such as state standards that directly impact classroom testing and teaching are discussed to present readers with a series of practical action options. In addition, the text continues to analyze more traditional topics such as validity and reliability and discusses the alternative assessments used in today's classrooms.

Contents:

1 Why Do Teachers Need to Know about Assessment? 1

2 Reliability of Assessment 29

3 Validity 49

4 Absence-of-Bias 77

5 Deciding What to Assess and How to Assess It 101

6 Selected-Response Tests 129

7 Constructed-Response Tests 153

8 Performance Assessment 177

9 Portfolio Assessment 205

10 Affective Assessment 223

11 Improving Teacher-Developed Assessments 243

12 Instructionally Oriented Assessment 261

13 Making Sense Out of Standardized Test Scores 281

14 Appropriate and Inappropriate Test-Preparation Practices 303

15 Evaluating Teaching and Grading Students 321.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

ISBN:

0205412564

OCLC:

54503753