Authors: Norman E. Gronlund, C. Keith Waugh
ISBN-13: 9780205597284, ISBN-10: 0205597289
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon, Inc.
Date Published: March 2008
Edition: 9th Edition
Norman Gronlund gives teachers the tools they need to support the development of high-quality assessments in the classroom. He presents a balanced, concise, and practical guide for testing and performance assessment that is rooted in effective classroom instruction and learning. Emphasizing that assessment is a broad term that includes testing and performance assessment, each used where it is most appropriate, Norman declares that valid assessment is necessary for effective instruction in order to improve student learning. He devotes a portion of the book to preparing and using classroom tests and performance assessments, assigning grades, and interpreting standardized test scores to students and parents.
Improve student learning with strategies that work!
1 | Achievement assessment and instruction | 1 |
2 | Nature of student assessment | 14 |
3 | Content standards and student achievement | 31 |
4 | Planning for assessment | 41 |
5 | Preparing and using achievement tests | 54 |
6 | Writing selection items : multiple choice | 75 |
7 | Writing selection items : true-false, matching, and interpretive exercise | 93 |
8 | Writing supply items : short answer and essay | 110 |
9 | Performance assessments | 126 |
10 | Portfolio assessment | 156 |
11 | Grading and reporting | 169 |
12 | Interpreting standardized achievement test scores | 183 |
13 | Validity and reliability | 201 |
App | Revised edition of Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives | 225 |