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Significant coverage of the Standards Movement and No Child Left Behind legislation

• For example, see Chapter 1 for discussions of the changing context of testing and the assessments required to meet state and federal mandates.

Detailed, straightforward guidelines for how to construct test items with many concrete examples

• Step-by-step Checklists and Guidelines are provided to help students apply content.  These provide quick reference guides for how to write items, provide feedback to students, and more.  (See, for example, pp. 60, 179,  212 and 321.)

Coverage of both formative and summative assessment and of all practical aspects of classroom assessment teachers need

• Including informal assessment procedures like observation (Chapter 13), methods for constructing objective test items(Chapters 7 and 8), measuring complex achievement (Chapters 9-11), assessing portfolios (Chapter 12), grading (Chapter 15), and evaluating published tests (Chapters 16-19).

New To This Edition

• Major revisions in Chapter 1 reflect the changing context of testing and assessment now required to meet state and federal assessment mandates
• Many new examples of classroom assessments have been added.
• Revisions in Chapter 6, Planning Classroom Tests and Assessments, give the chapter a stronger emphasis on the development of assessments testing higher order thinking skills, such as analysis, synthesis and evaluation.
• The discussion of student motivation on standardized tests in Chapter 18, Test Selection, Administration, and Use, is updated.
• References to many Web sites have been added or updated.
• Materials on published tests reflect new editions and new approaches to assessment.

Table of Contents

TOC

 

PART I            THE MEASUREMENT AND ASSESSMENT PROCESS

 

Chapter 1    Educational Testing and Assessment: Context, Issues, and Trends

Educational Assessment: Barometer and Lever of Reform

Five Decades of Test-Based Educational Reform

Technological Advances in Testing and Assessment

Public Concern About Testing and Assessment

Chapter 2    The Role of Measurement and Assessment in Teaching

Instructional Decisions Requiring Assessment Data

Assessment, Test, and Measurement

General Principles of Assessment

Assessment and the Instructional Process

Types of Assessment Procedures

Summary of Assessment Categories

Chapter 3    Instructional Goals and Objectives: Foundation for Assessment

Instructional Objectives as Learning Outcomes

From Overly Specific Objectives to the Thinking Curriculum

Method of Stating Instructional Objectives

Chapter 4    Validity

Nature of Validity

Major Considerations in Assessment Validation

Content Considerations

Construct Considerations

Assessment-Criterion Relationships

Consideration of Consequences

Factors Influencing Validity

Chapter 5    Reliability and Other Desired Characteristics

Nature of Reliability

Determining Reliability by Correlation Methods

Standard Error of Measurement

Factors Influencing Reliability Measures

Reliability of Assessments Evaluated in Terms of a Fixed Performance Standard

Usability

          PART II            CLASSROOM TESTS AND ASSESSMENTS

 

Chapter 6    Planning Classroom Tests and Assessments

The Purpose of Classroom Testing and Assessment

Developing Specifications for Tests and Assessments

Selecting Appropriate Types of Items and Assessment Tasks

Considerations in Preparing Relevant Test Items and Assessment Tasks

Chapter 7    Constructing Objective Test Items: Simple Forms

Short-Answer Items

True-False or Alternative-Response Items

Matching Exercises

Chapter 8    Constructing Objective Test Items: Multiple-Choice Forms

Characteristics of Multiple-Choice Items

Uses of Multiple-Choice Items

Advantages and Limitations of Multiple-Choice Items

Suggestions for Constructing Multiple-Choice Items

Chapter 9    Measuring Complex Achievement: The Interpretive Exercise

Nature of the Interpretive Exercise

Forms and Uses of the Interpretive Exercise

Advantages and Limitations of Interpretive Exercises

Suggestions for Constructing Interpretive Exercises

Chapter 10    Measuring Complex Achievement: Essay Questions

Forms and Uses of Essay Questions

Summary Comparison of Learning Outcomes Measured

Advantages and Limitations of Essay Questions

Suggestions for Constructing Essay Questions

Scoring Criteria

Suggestions for Scoring Essay Questions

Chapter 11    Measuring Complex Achievement: Performance-Based Assessments

Types of Performance-Based Assessment

Advantages and Limitations of Performance Assessments

Suggestions for Constructing Performance Tasks

Performance Criteria

Scoring Rubrics and Rating Scales

Checklists

Student Participation in Rating

Chapter 12    Portfolios

What Qualifies as a Portfolio of Student Work?

Potential Strengths and Weaknesses of Portfolios

Purpose of Portfolios

Guidelines for Portfolio Entries

Guidelines and Students' Role in Selection of Portfolio Entries and Self-Evaluation

Evaluation Criteria

Using Portfolios in Instruction and Communication

Chapter 13    Assessment Procedures: Observational Techniques, Peer Appraisal, and Self-Report

Anecdotal Records

Student Judgments and Reports

Peer Appraisal

Self-Report Techniques

Attitude Measurement

Interest Inventories

Personality Measures

Chapter 14    Assembling, Administering, and Appraising Classroom Tests and Assessments

Assembling the Classroom Test

Administering and Scoring Classroom Tests and Assessments

Appraising Classroom Tests and Assessments

Building a File of Effective Items and Tasks

Chapter 15    Grading and Reporting

Functions of Grading and Reporting Systems

Types of Grading and Reporting Systems

Multiple Grading and Reporting Systems

Assigning Letter Grades

Record-Keeping and Grading Software

Conducting Parent-Teacher Conferences

Reporting Standardized Test Results to Parents

          PART III            SELECTING AND USING PUBLISHED TESTS

 

Chapter 16    Achievement Tests

Characteristics of Standardized Achievement Tests

Standardized Tests versus Informal Classroom Tests

Standardized Achievement Test Batteries

Achievement Tests in Specific Areas

Customized Achievement Tests

Individual Achievement Tests

Chapter 17    Aptitude Tests

Achievement and Aptitude Tests

Scholastic Aptitude and Learning Ability

Group Tests of Learning Ability

Individual Tests

Cautions in Interpreting and Using Learning Ability Scores

Culture-Fair Testing

Differential Aptitude Testing

Chapter 18    Test Selection, Administration, and Use

Obtaining Information About Published Tests

Selecting Appropriate Tests

Administering Published Tests

Using Results of Published Tests

Chapter 19    Interpreting Test Scores and Norms

Methods of Interpreting Test Scores

Grade Norms

Percentile Rank

Standard Scores

Profiles

Skill Analysis

Judging the Adequacy of Norms

Using Local Norms

Cautions in Interpreting Test Scores

 

APPENDICES

 

Appendix A    Elementary Statistics

Appendix B    Professional Journals for Locating Measurement and Assessment Articles

Appendix C    Content Standards

Appendix D    Standards for Teacher Competence in Educational Assessment of Students

Appendix E    Test Publishers

Appendix F    Selected Published Tests

Appendix G    Taxonomy of Educational Objectives

Appendix H    Relating Assessment Procedures to Instructional Objectives

 

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Measurement and Assessment in Teaching, tenth edition, introduces the elements of measurement and assessment that are essential to good teaching. In a presentation that assumes no previous knowledge of assessment or measurement, the text provides crystal clear step-by-step instruction on such topics as constructing test questions, aligning assessment with learning goals, and interpreting standardized tests. 

The tenth edition includes:

Significant coverage of the Standards Movement and No Child Left Behind legislation

• For example, see Chapter 1 for discussions of the changing context of testing and the assessments required to meet state and federal mandates.

Detailed, straightforward guidelines for how to construct test items with many concrete examples

• Step-by-step Checklists and Guidelines are provided to help students apply content.  These provide quick reference guides for how to write items, provide feedback to students, and more.  (See, for example, pp. 60, 179, 212 and 321.)

Coverage of both formative and summative assessment and of all practical aspects of classroom assessment teachers need

• Including informal assessment procedures like observation (Chapter 13), methods for constructing objective test items(Chapters 7 and 8), measuring complex achievement (Chapters 9-11), assessing portfolios (Chapter 12), grading (Chapter 15), and evaluating published tests (Chapters 16-19).

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