Student-Centered Classroom Assessment

by Stiggins, Richard J.

• ISBN13: 9780134329314
• ISBN10: 0134329317
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-05-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall Professional Technical Reference

Summary

Greetings to you and welcome! We are about to take a very important journey together--a journey through the diverse and critically important world of educational assessment. As you will see, both student achievement and academic self-concept are determined, by and large, on the basis of students' perceptions of their own success in the classroom. Students rely almost completely on the day-to-day, week-to-week, and term-to-term classroom assessments of their achievement to judge their current success and their hope for success in the future.

Table of Contents

PART I Understanding the Classroom Assessment Context	1	(110)
Chapter 1 Guiding Principles for Classroom Assessment	3	(18)
Chapter 2 Understanding the Critical Roles of Assessment	21	(22)
Chapter 3 Specifying Achievement Targets	43	(30)
Chapter 4 Understanding the Assessment Alternatives	73	(18)
Chapter 5 Facing the Barriers to Quality Assessment	91	(20)
PART II Understanding Assessment Methods	111	(140)
Chapter 6 Selected Response Assessment: Flexible and Efficient	113	(36)
Chapter 7 Essay Assessment: Vast Untapped Potential	149	(26)
Chapter 8 Performance Assessment: Rich with Possibilities	175	(48)
Chapter 9 Personal Communication: Another Window to Student Achievement	223	(28)
PART III Classroom Applications	251	(130)
Chapter 10 Assessing Reasoning Proficiency	253	(34)
Chapter 11 Performance Assessments of Skill and Product Targets	287	(32)
Chapter 12 Assessing Student Dispositions	319	(26)
Chapter 13 Classroom Perspectives on Standardized Testing	345	(36)
PART IV Communicating About Student Achievement	381
Chapter 14 Understanding Our Communication Challenge	383	(24)
Chapter 15 Developing Sound Report Card Grading Practices	407	(40)
Chapter 16 The Role of Portfolios in the Communication Process	447	(26)
Chapter 17 Reports and Conferences That Highlight Achievement	473