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9780132735001

College Entrance Exams SAT and ACT, Mastering Assessment: A Self-Service System for Educators, Pamphlet 6

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  • ISBN13:

    9780132735001

  • ISBN10:

    0132735008

  • Edition: 2nd
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2011-06-02
  • Publisher: Pearson
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Summary

MASTERING ASSESSMENT BOOKLETS " Appropriate and Inappropriate Tests for Evaluating Schools " Assessing Students’ Affect " Assessing Students with Disabilities " Assessment Bias: How to Banish It " Classroom Evidence of Successful Teaching " College Entrance Examinations: The SAT and the ACT " Constructed-Response Tests: Building and Bettering " How Testing Can Help Teaching " Interpreting the Results of Large-Scale Assessments " Portfolio Assessment and Performance Testing " Reliability: What Is It and Is It Necessary? " Selected-Response Tests: Building and Bettering " The Role of Rubrics in Testing andTeaching " Test Preparation: Sensible or Sordid? " Validity: Assessment’s Cornerstone

Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

The Role of College Entrance Tests

            A Fixed-Quota Quandary

            Predictive Power

            A Crucial Insight

Plain Talk about the SAT and the ACT

            Major Differences and Similarities: An Overview

            The SAT: Background and Description

            The ACT: Background and Description

Mission-Governed Test Making

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