Test better, teach better : the instructional role of assessment /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Popham, W. James
Corporate Author:	NetLibrary, Inc
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Alexandria, Va. : Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, [2003]
Subjects:	Educational tests and measurements. Examinations. Effective teaching. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

The links between testing and teaching
How tests can clarify the curriculum
Too many testing targets
Validity, reliability, and bias
An introduction to test-building
Selected-response items
Constructed-response items
The value of affective assessment
Uses and misuses of standardized achievement tests
Instructionally supportive standards-based tests
Collecting credible classroom evidence of instructional impact
Epilogue, Cora in her classroom : an illustration of instructionally focused testing.