TY - BOOK AU - Nitko,Anthony J. AU - Brookhart,Susan M. TI - Educational assessment of students SN - 0131719254 AV - LB3051 .N57 2007 U1 - 371.26 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Upper Saddle River, N.J. PB - Pearson Merrill Prentice Hall KW - Educational tests and measurements N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 525-536) and indexes; The bases for assessment in the classroom -- Classroom decision making and using assessment -- Describing the goals and learning targets of instruction -- Validity of assessment results -- Reliability of assessment results -- Professional responsibilities, ethical behavior, and legal requirements in educational assessments -- Crafting and using classroom assessments -- Planning for integrating assessment and instruction -- Completion, short-answer, and true-false items -- Multiple-choice and matching exercises -- Essay assessment tasks -- Higher-order thinking, problem solving, and critical thinking -- Performance, portfolio, and authentic assessments : an overview -- How to craft performance tasks, projects, portfolios, rating scales, and scoring rubrics -- Formative evaluation using informal diagnostic assessments -- Preparing your students to be assessed and using students' results to improve your assessments -- Evaluating and grading student progress -- Interpreting and using standardized tests -- Standardized achievement tests -- Interpreting norm-referenced scores -- Finding and evaluating published assessments -- Scholastic aptitude, career interests, attitudes, and personality tests UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip065/2005034089.html ER -