W. James Popham is a nationally recognized expert on educational testing. For 30 years he taught courses at UCLA in instructional methods for prospective teachers, and courses in evaluation and measurement. He has also authored over 25 books in the fields of curriculum, instruction, and assessment.
The Emergence of Test-Based Accountability
A Source of National Pride
The Arrival of ESEA
A Profession Sleeps
What Can Be Done?
Two Types of Instructionally Insensitive Tests
Traditionally Constructed Standardized Achievement Tests
In Pursuit of Score-Spread
Linking Items to Suitably Spread Variables
Standards-Based Tests Built for a Particular State
Instructionally Sensitive Accountability Tests
A Manageable Number of Extraordinarily Significant Curricular Aims
Succinct, Teacher-Palatable Assessment Descriptions
Reports for Each Curricular Aim for Individual Students
Instructionally Meaningful Reports
A Continuum of Instructional Sensitivity
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