TY - BOOK AU - Popham,W.James ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Test better, teach better: the instructional role of assessment AV - LB3051 .P61433 2003eb U1 - 371.26/2 21 PY - 2003/// CY - Alexandria, Va. PB - Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development KW - Educational tests and measurements KW - Examinations KW - Effective teaching KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - 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; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2009; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10047157 ER -