Assessment and Grading in Classrooms

by Brookhart, Susan M.; Nitko, Anthony J.

• ISBN13: 9780132217415
• ISBN10: 0132217414
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2019-12-19
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

Assessment and Grading in Classroomsis particularly geared to the needs of classroom teachers, emphasizing sound approaches to gathering both formative and summative information about student achievement of classroom learning targets, interpreting standardized tests for classroom purposes, and using information from multiple sources to help students learn. Classroom examples and stories breathe life into the concepts presented in the text.

Table of Contents

Classroom Decision Making

Validity and Reliability

Learning Goals

Higher-Order Thinking

Planning Assessment and Instruction

Formative Assessment

Completion and Selected Response Test Items

Constructed Response Items

Performance Assessment

Scoring: Points, Rubrics, and Other Scales

Grading

Interpreting Standardized Test Scores

Standards for Teacher Competence in Educational Assessment of Students

Code of Fair Testing Practices in Education Revised

Code of Professional Responsibilities in Educational Measurement

Summaries of Taxonomies of Educational Objectives: Cognitive, Affective, & Psychomotor Domains

Categories of Learning Targets Derived from the Dimensions of Learning Model

Examples of Alternative Blueprints for a Summative Unit Assessment

Scoring Guide for Nebraska's 8 th Grade Writing Rubrics for Descriptive Writing

Key Elements of Good Answers to Exercises

Glossary

References

Name Index

Subject Index

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