Why We Assess Students [microform] : And How. The Competing Measures of Student Performance. The Practicing Administrator's Leadership Series / James E. McLean and Robert E. Lockwood.
This book addresses the roles assessments play in education and provides detailed descriptions of the common assessment types, norm-referenced and criterion-referenced tests, and alternative assessments. Chapter 1 discusses the current arguments for and against the various methods of assessment, the...
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| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | This book addresses the roles assessments play in education and provides detailed descriptions of the common assessment types, norm-referenced and criterion-referenced tests, and alternative assessments. Chapter 1 discusses the current arguments for and against the various methods of assessment, the quality requirements for test instruments, and the need to pay attention to equity and bias issues. Chapter 2 addresses the development, administration, uses, and interpretation of norm-referenced testing and its strengths and weaknesses. Chapters 3 and 4 provide similar discussions of criterion-referenced testing and alternative or authentic testing approaches. Chapter 5 demonstrates an ideal assessment system and how to develop one for any school system. If assessment is to be a positive force in education, it must be implemented properly and used to improve education, rather than merely to sort students. An annotated bibliography contains 12 references. (SLD) |
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| Item Description: | Availability: Corwin Press, Inc., A Sage Publications Company, 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. ERIC Document Number: ED403272. |
| Physical Description: | 73 pages. |
| Audience: | Administrators. Practitioners. |
| ISBN: | 9780803963351 0803963351 |
| Reproduction Note: | Microfiche. |
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