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Standards-Based Mathematics Assessment in Middle School: Rethinking Classroom Practice » (New Edition)

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Authors: Thomas Romberg
ISBN-13: 9780807744819, ISBN-10: 0807744816
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Date Published: August 2004
Edition: New Edition

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Author Biography: Thomas Romberg

Book Synopsis

Romberg (education, University of Wisconsin-Madison) documents the shift from traditional ways of judging student performance to reform notions of mathematical literacy in this collection describing experiences in using new assessment procedures in conjunction with Mathematics in Context, an innovative set of curriculum material for teaching mathematics in grades 5-8. Each chapter tells the story of one or more teachers who discovered the need and developed methods for changing the way they judge student performance. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Table of Contents

Pt. IOverview and background of reform in assessment practices3
1Monitoring student progress5
Pt. IITeaching and assessment under a reform curriculum23
2Instructional innovation and changing assessments25
3Expanding classroom practices45
4Practices in transition : a case study of classroom assessment60
Pt. IIIThe design of new assessment tasks81
5Developing assessment problems on percentage83
6Analysis of an end-of-unit test100
7The design of open-open assessment tasks122
8Investigations as thought-revealing assessment problems137
Pt. IVEmbedding assessment in instructional practice153
9Making instructional decisions : assessment to inform the teacher155
10Enriching assessment opportunities through classroom discourse169
11Collaborative partnership : staff development that works188
12Retracing a path to assessing for understanding200
Pt. VGeneralizing the approach221
13Classroom assessment as a basis for teacher change223

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