| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 544 pages) |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Preface; Acknowledgments; A Note to the Reader: Theory to Practice; 1 Orientation to Assessment; 2 Planning Assessments; 3 Observation: Bases of Assessment; 4 Formative Assessment: Using Assessment for Improving Instruction; 5 Performance Assessment; 6 Developing Objective Tests; 7 Developing Subjective Tests; 8 Selecting Standardized Tests; 9 Technology in Assessment; 10 Improving Tests; 11 Domain-Specific Assessment and Learning; 12 Grading; 13 Supplementary Assessments of Individual Differences; 14 High-Stakes Testing: Policy and Accountability; 15 Assessment and Best Practices. |
| Summary |
Classroom Assessment in Action clarifies the multi-faceted roles of measurement and assessment and their applications in a classroom setting. Comprehensive in scope, Shermis and Di Vesta explain basic measurement concepts and show students how to interpret the results of standardized tests. From these basic concepts, the authors then provide clear and ordered discussions of how assessment and instruction is integrated into a functional process to enhance student learning. Guidelines are set forth for constructing various common assessments. Procedures are laid out to evaluate and improve asses. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Educational tests and measurements.
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Educational tests and measurements. |
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EDUCATION -- Administration -- General. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Di Vesta, Francis J.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Classroom assessment in action Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2011. 9781442208360 (cloth : alk. paper) (DLC) 2010051258 |
| ISBN |
9781442208384 ebook |
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1442208384 |
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9781442208360 cloth alkaline paper |
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1442208368 cloth alkaline paper |
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9781442208377 paperback alkaline paper |
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1283046350 |
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1442208376 paperback alkaline paper |
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9781283046350 |
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9786613046352 |
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6613046353 |
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