Classroom assessment : principles and practice for effective standards-based instruction / James H. McMillan

Includes index

The role of assessment in teaching
Learning targets and standards
High-quality classroom assessment
Assessment before instructions : learning about your students
Formative assessment : assessing and promoting student progress during instruction
Objectively scored assessments of knowledge and simple understanding : completion, short-answer, and selected-response items
Selected-response, short-answer, and essay items : assessing deep understanding and reasoning
Performance assessments : assessing deep understanding, reasoning, and skills
Portfolios : assessing understanding, reasoning, skills, and products
Assessing affective traits and dispositions
Assessing students with special needs in inclusive settings
Grading and reporting student performance
Administering and interpreting standardized and state standards-based tests

Publisher description: Classroom Assessment provides prospective and current teachers with a concise, non-technical, and practical guide to conducting a full range of high-quality classroom assessments. The text emphasizes assessment in the context of the realities of teaching and teacher decision-making in an era of standards-based education. Assessment methods are integrated with instruction and presented according to when teachers evaluate students (before, during, and after an instructional unit), the learning targets that are measured, and standards emphasized in state-wide testing. There is considerable emphasis on the nature of learning targets and how different assessments are most appropriate for different targets. For each assessment technique, suggestions for effective practice are presented with examples, case studies, and teacher interviews

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