Testing, friend or foe? : the theory and practice of assessment and testing / Paul J. Black.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Black, P. J. (Paul Joseph), 1930-

Series:

Master classes in education series.

Master classes in education series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational tests and measurements--England.

Educational tests and measurements.

Educational tests and measurements--United States.

Education--Aims and objectives--England.

Education.

Education--Aims and objectives--United States.

Education--England--Evaluation.

Education--United States--Evaluation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (184 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; Washington : Falmer Press, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Owing to daily work pressures and concerns, many teachers have little opportunity for considering and furthering their understanding of different issues surrounding assessment. Written in a user-friendly, jargon-free style, this text provides the reader with points of growth or change in the field of assessment. Each chapter in the text ends with a section on questions/exercises and further reading.

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Series Editors' Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; History; Purposes; Confidence in Assessment; Reliability and Validity; What to Test; Norms, Criteria and Domains; How to Assess; Methods and Instruments; Teachers' Roles in Assessment and Testing; Pupils and Assessment; Certification and Accountability; Conclusions; A Little Statistics; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-84728-920-7

1-135-71513-0

0-203-13784-1

1-135-71514-9

1-280-40149-4

0-203-26134-8

9780203137840

OCLC:

226376507