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Classroom Assessment: Concepts and Applications, 6/e
Peter W. Airasian,
Boston College Michael Russell,
Boston College
ISBN: 0073403768Copyright year: 2008
Table of Contents Preface
Chapter 1: The Breadth of Classroom AssessmentPurposes of Assessment Phases of Classroom Assessment Assessment, Testing, Measuring, and Evaluations Three General Ways to Collect Data: Student Products, Observation, and Oral Questioning Standardized and Nonstandardized Assessments AppopriaAppropriateents: Valid and Reliable Ethical Issues and Responsibilities
Chapter 2: Learning About Students: Early AssessmentGathering Information about Students Sources of Information about Students Forming Student Descriptions Concerns about Accuracy and Validity Identifying Special Needs Improving Early Assessments
Chapter 3: Lesson Planning and Assessment ObjectivesThe Instructional Process Instructional Planning Three Levels of Teaching Objectives Three Domains of Objectives Stating and Constructing Objectives Lesson Plans Textbook Objectives and Assessments State Content Standards Improving the Tie between Planning and Assessment
Chapter 4: Assessment During InstructionAssessment Tasks during Instruction Validity and Reliability in Instructional Assessment Improving Assessment during Instruction Questioning: Purposes and Strategies Accommodations during Instruction
Chapter 5: Summative AssessmentsFormative and Summative Assessments The Logic of Summative Assessments Planning a Summative Assessment Preparing Students for Official Assessments
Chapter 6: Creating Achievement TestsSelection and Supply Test Items Higher-Level Questions Guidelines for Writing and Critiquing Test Items
Chapter 7: Improving Achievement TestsAssembling Tests Administering Tests Issues of Cheating Scoring Paper-and-Pencil Tests Analying Item Validity Discussing Test Results wAnalyzingents Universal Design and Test Accommodations
Chapter 8: Performance AssessmentsThe General Role of Performance Assessments Performance Assessment in Schools Developing Performance Assessments Anecdotal Records, Checklists, and Rating Scales Rubrics Portfolios Validity and Reliability of Performance Assessments
Chapter 9: GradingRationale and Difficulties of Grading Grading as Judgment Four Types of Comparison for Grading Grading for Cooperative Learning and Students with Disabilities Deciding What to Grade Summarizing Various Types of Assessment Two Approaches to Assigning Grades Other Methods of Reporting Student Progress
Chapter 10: Commercial Standardized Achievement TestsHow Commercial Achievement Tests are Created Administering the Test Interpreting Scores Three Examples of Test Interpretation The Validity of Commercial Achievement Tests
Chapter 11: Computer-Based Technology and Classroom AssessmentGrowth of Educational Technology Computers and the Instructional Process Computers are Toolboxes Computers and Assessment During Instruction Computers and Summative Assessment Classroom Assessment: Summing Up
Appendix A: Standards for Teacher Competence in Educational Assessment of Students
Appendix B: Taxonomy of Educational Objectives (Major Categories and Illustrative Objectives)
Appendix C: Sample Individual Education Plan
Appendix D: Statistical Applications for Classroom Assessment
Appendix E: Some Resources for Identifying Special Needs
Glossary
References
Name Index
Subject Index