Test better, teach better

Popham, W. James.

Test better, teach better the instructional role of assessment / [electronic resource] : W. James Popham. - Alexandria, Va. : Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, c2003. - x, 185 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The links between testing and teaching -- How tests can clarify the curriculum -- Too many testing targets -- Validity, reliability, and bias -- An introduction to test-building -- Selected-response items -- Constructed-response items -- The value of affective assessment -- Uses and misuses of standardized achievement tests -- Instructionally supportive standards-based tests -- Collecting credible classroom evidence of instructional impact -- Epilogue, Cora in her classroom : an illustration of instructionally focused testing.


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Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2009.
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Educational tests and measurements.
Examinations.
Effective teaching.


Electronic books.

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