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Direct linkFurtak, Erin Marie – Teachers College Press, 2023
The current wave of science education reforms emphasizes more equitable opportunities for students as they learn disciplinary core ideas and apply crosscutting concepts by engaging in the practices of scientists. Formative assessment--the assessment teachers and students conduct while learning is in progress--also needs to shift to support this…
Descriptors: Science Education, Formative Evaluation, Elementary Secondary Education, Social Theories
McConlogue, Teresa – UCL Press, 2020
Teachers spend much of their time on assessment, yet many higher education teachers have received minimal guidance on assessment design and marking. This means assessment can often be a source of stress and frustration. "Assessment and Feedback in Higher Education" aims to solve these problems. Offering a concise overview of assessment…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Feedback (Response)
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Download full textOr, Caleb – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2022
The overarching objective of this research was to identify the factors that predicted lecturers' adoption of online assessment in one Singapore-based Institute of Technical Education. The factors investigated were system usability and learnability; lecturers' performance expectancy, social influences and attitudes towards online assessment; and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Assisted Testing, Postsecondary Education, Teacher Attitudes
Or, Caleb – Online Submission, 2022
The overarching objective of this research was to identify the factors that predicted lecturers' adoption of online assessment in one Singapore-based Institute of Technical Education. The factors investigated were system usability and learnability; lecturers' performance expectancy, social influences and attitudes towards online assessment; and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Assisted Testing, Postsecondary Education, Teacher Attitudes
Driscoll, Amy; Wood, Swarup; Shapiro, Dan; Graff, Nelson – Stylus Publishing LLC, 2021
This book is about student success and how to support and improve it. It takes as its point of departure that we--as faculty, assessment directors, student affairs professionals, and staff--reflect together in a purposeful and informed way about how our teaching, curricula, the co-curriculum, and assessment work in concert to support and improve…
Descriptors: Success, Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, College Faculty
Marzano, Robert J.; Norford, Jennifer S.; Ruyle, Mike – Solution Tree, 2018
Shift to a new paradigm of classroom assessment that is more accurate, meaningful, and authentic. "The New Art and Science of Classroom Assessment" explores the inadequacies of traditional assessment methods and details how to use classroom assessment to its full potential. Step by step, the authors outline a clear path for transitioning…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Holistic Approach, Progress Monitoring
Cecile C. Dietrich; Eric J. Lichtenberger – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2016
We present a case study of the process through which a methodology was developed and applied to a quasi-experimental research study that employed propensity score matching. Methodological decisions are discussed and summarized, including an explanation of the approaches selected for each step in the study as well as rationales for these…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Quasiexperimental Design, Community Colleges, Fees
Pellegrino, James W., Ed.; Wilson, Mark R., Ed.; Koenig, Judith A., Ed.; Beatty, Alexandra S., Ed. – National Academies Press, 2014
Assessments, understood as tools for tracking what and how well students have learned, play a critical role in the classroom. "Developing Assessments for the Next Generation Science Standards" develops an approach to science assessment to meet the vision of science education for the future as it has been elaborated in "A Framework…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Student Evaluation, Science Education, Academic Standards
American Educational Research Association (AERA), 2014
Developed jointly by the American Educational Research Association, American Psychological Association, and the National Council on Measurement in Education, "Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing" (Revised 2014) addresses professional and technical issues of test development and use in education, psychology, and…
Descriptors: Standards, Educational Testing, Psychological Testing, Test Construction
Sabatini, John, Ed.; Albro, Elizabeth, Ed.; O'Reilly, Tenaha, Ed. – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2012
"Reaching an Understanding: Innovations in How We View Reading Assessment" builds upon the editors previous book "Measuring Up: Advances in How We Assess Reading Ability" (ED533202) by representing some early attempts to apply theory to help guide the development of new assessments and measurement models. "Reaching an…
Descriptors: Reading Tests, Measurement Techniques, Reading Skills, Test Construction
Brookhart, Susan M. – ASCD, 2010
Don't settle for assessing recall and comprehension only when you can use this guide to create assessments for higher-order thinking skills. Assessment expert Susan M. Brookhart brings you up to speed on how to develop and use test questions and other assessments that reveal how well your students can analyze, reason, solve problems, and think…
Descriptors: Test Items, Performance Based Assessment, Thinking Skills, Cognitive Processes
Shoemaker, Betty; Lewin, Larry – ASCD, 2011
Get an in-depth understanding of how to create fun, engaging, and challenging performance assessments that require students to elaborate on content and demonstrate mastery of skills. This update of an ASCD (Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development) classic includes new scoring methods, reading assessments, and insights on navigating…
Descriptors: Writing Assignments, Performance Based Assessment, Scoring, Student Evaluation
Stanley, Todd; Moore, Betsy – Eye on Education, 2011
The ideas and examples in this book help teachers successfully collaborate to raise student achievement through the use of formative assessments. Here, Todd Stanley and Betsy Moore, educators with over 40 years of combined experience, offer proven formative assessment strategies to teachers in a professional learning community. Contents include:…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Teacher Collaboration, Communities of Practice, Educational Assessment
Perie, Marianne, Ed. – Brookes Publishing Company, 2010
For lower-achieving students with disabilities, effective and appropriate alternate assessment based on modified achievement standards (AA-MAS) can open the door to greater expectations and opportunities. State policymakers have the option of providing certain students who have disabilities with AA-MAS aligned with grade-level content--and now…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Low Achievement, Disabilities, Academic Standards
Bernhardt, Victoria L.; Geise, Bradley J. – Eye on Education, 2009
How do the best administrators find out how to improve their schools? They actively engage the people who work and study there. In "From Questions to Actions: Using Questionnaire Data for Continuous School Improvement," data experts Victoria L. Bernhardt and Bradley J. Geise explain how to collect and analyze data with an eye toward positive…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Questionnaires, Educational Change, Data Analysis
