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A Pragmatic Future for NAEP: Containing Costs and Updating Technologies. Consensus Study Report
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National Academies Press, 2022
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) -- often called "The Nation's Report Card" -- is the largest nationally representative and continuing assessment of what students in public and private schools in the United States know and can do in various subjects and has provided policy makers and the public with invaluable…
Descriptors: Costs, Futures (of Society), National Competency Tests, Educational Trends
Classroom Assessment in Action
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Shermis, Mark D.; DiVesta, Francis J. – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2011
"Classroom Assessment in Action" clarifies the multi-faceted roles of measurement and assessment and their applications in a classroom setting. Comprehensive in scope, Shermis and Di Vesta explain basic measurement concepts and show students how to interpret the results of standardized tests. From these basic concepts, the authors then…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Standardized Tests, Scores, Measurement
Developing and Using Tests Effectively. A Guide for Faculty.
Jacobs, Lucy Cheser; Chase, Clinton I. – 1992
This book offers specific how-to advice to college faculty on every stage of the testing process, including planning the test and classifying objectives to be measured, ensuring the validity and reliability of the test, and grading in such a way as to arrive at fair grades based on relevant data. The book examines the strengths and weaknesses of…
Descriptors: Cheating, College Faculty, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Testing
Developing and Validating Multiple-Choice Test Items. Second Edition.
Haladyna, Thomas M. – 1999
This book explains writing effective multiple-choice test items and studying responses to items to evaluate and improve them, two topics that are very important in the development of many cognitive tests. The chapters are: (1) "Providing a Context for Multiple-Choice Testing"; (2) "Constructed-Response and Multiple-Choice Item Formats"; (3)…
Descriptors: Constructed Response, Multiple Choice Tests, Test Construction, Test Format
The Hidden Curriculum--Faculty-Made Tests in Science. Part 1: Lower-Division Courses. Innovations in Science and Technology.
Tobias, Sheila; Raphael, Jacqueline – 1997
Successful reform of science education requires careful orchestration of a number of factors including technological developments, organizational issues, teacher preparation and enhancement, and advances in the scientific disciplines themselves. Exemplary innovations in exam practices that assess scientific understanding in new and more…
Descriptors: College Science, Educational Change, Higher Education, Science Education
Developing and Using Classroom Assessments. Second Edition.
Oosterhof, Albert – 1999
This book provides a succinct discussion of the development and use of classroom assessments. It is designed for college courses and settings in which a full survey textbook is not appropriate in terms of coverage and cost, such as educational psychology or teaching methods courses or self-study by teachers. The chapters are: (1) "Introduction";…
Descriptors: Education Majors, Educational Assessment, Educational Psychology, Elementary Secondary Education
Classroom-Based Evaluation in Second Language Education. Cambridge Language Education Series.
Genesee, Fred; Upshur, John A. – 1996
The guide is designed to assist second language teachers in developing and conducting reliable and valid assessments in their classrooms. A wide range of formal and informal evaluation techniques is discussed, including a number of alternative approaches. An introductory chapter gives an overview of the uses and aims of evaluation and previews the…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Techniques, Dialog Journals