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Author Nitko, Anthony J.

Title Educational assessment of students / Anthony J. Nitko, Susan M. Brookhart.

Imprint Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Merrill Prentice Hall, c2007.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  371.26 N638e 2007    ---  Available
Edition 5th ed.
Description xviii, 548 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 525-536) and indexes.
Contents The bases for assessment in the classroom -- Classroom decision making and using assessment -- Describing the goals and learning targets of instruction -- Validity of assessment results -- Reliability of assessment results -- Professional responsibilities, ethical behavior, and legal requirements in educational assessments -- Crafting and using classroom assessments -- Planning for integrating assessment and instruction -- Completion, short-answer, and true-false items -- Multiple-choice and matching exercises -- Essay assessment tasks -- Higher-order thinking, problem solving, and critical thinking -- Performance, portfolio, and authentic assessments : an overview -- How to craft performance tasks, projects, portfolios, rating scales, and scoring rubrics -- Formative evaluation using informal diagnostic assessments -- Preparing your students to be assessed and using students' results to improve your assessments -- Evaluating and grading student progress -- Interpreting and using standardized tests -- Standardized achievement tests -- Interpreting norm-referenced scores -- Finding and evaluating published assessments -- Scholastic aptitude, career interests, attitudes, and personality tests.
Subject Educational tests and measurements.
Added Author Brookhart, Susan M.
ISBN 0131719254
9780131719255
Standard No. 9780131719255
IG# 0131719254
YDXCP 2414085

 
    
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