What Every Teacher Should Know About Student Assessment
- Donna Walker Tileston - Strategic Teaching and Learning, Dallas, TX
December 2003 | 136 pages | Corwin
This is a guide for teachers that provides current research on performance assessment, standardized tests, and teacher-made tests; explores the implications of standards-based instruction in the classroom; differences between traditional and alternative assessments, formative and summative assessments; portfolios and self-assessments; and more.
About the Author
Introduction
Vocabulary Pre-Test
1. Making Decisions About Assessment
2. Identifying and Enhancing Student Understanding
3. Formats for Teacher Made Tests
4. Testing for Intelligence
5. Performance Tasks
6. Using a Matrix or Rubric
7. Building Aligned Assessments
8. State and National Assessments
Glossary
Vocabulary Post-Test
Bibliography
Index