Contemporary assessment for educators /

Chase, Clinton I.,

Contemporary assessment for educators / Clinton I. Chase. - xix, 444 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 431-436) and index.

Underpinnings of educational assessment -- Constructing measurable learning objectives -- Validity: what does this test tell me? -- Reliability: how consistent is our measurement? -- Errors of measurement: how to work with them -- Tailoring the test to the purpose -- Writing objective tests: multiple choice -- Writing objective tests: true-false, matching, completion -- Item analysis: finding the test items that work -- Essays and term reports: higher order processes -- Delivering conventional tests: packaging; administering; debriefing -- Assessing student performance -- Computer applications in testing and grading -- Statistical processes applied to test scores -- Standardized tests -- Achievement tests: surveys of academic skills -- Assessing general academic and special aptitudes -- Legal and ethical considerations in testing -- Assigning grades -- Telling parents about their child's achievement -- Assessing school programs.

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Educational tests and measurements--United States

LB3051. / C449 1999

371.26

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