Classroom Assessment

by Russell, Michael; Airasian, Peter

• ISBN13: 9780078110214
• ISBN10: 0078110211
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-05-11
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

Summary

Assessment is a daily, ongoing, integral part of teaching and learning. Classroom Assessment: Concepts and Applicationsexplores how assessment is a key component of all aspects of the instructional process, including organizing and creating a classroom culture, planning lessons, delivering instruction, and examining how students have grown as result of instruction. The text also introduces preservice teachers to new tools and approaches to classroom assessment that result from the infusion of computer-based technologies in schools. This is the most teacher-friendly assessment textbook availableone that will inform a teacher's assessment practices for years to come.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: The Breadth of Classroom Assessment

Chapter 2: Learning About Students: Early Assessment

Chapter 3: Lesson Planning and Assessment Objectives

Chapter 4: Formative Assessment

Chapter 5: Summative Assessments

Chapter 6: Designing, Administering, and Scoring Achievement Tests

Chapter 7: Universal Design for Assessment

Chapter 8: Performance Assessments

Chapter 9: Grading

Chapter 10: Commercial Standardized Achievement Tests

Chapter 11: Computer-Based Technology and Classroom Assessment

Appendix A: Standards for Teacher Competence in Educational Assessment of Students

Appendix B: Taxonomy of Educational Objectives: Major Categories

Appendix C: Sample Individual Education Plan

Appendix D: Statistical Applications for Classroom Assessment

Appendix E: Some Resources for Identifying Special Needs

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Name Index

Subject Index