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Classroom Assessment: Concepts and Applications, 6/e
Peter W. Airasian,
Boston College
ISBN: 0073403768Copyright year: 2008
Table of Contents PrefacePurposes 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 Gathering Information about Students Sources of Information about Students Forming Student Descriptions Concerns about Accuracy and Validity Identifying Special Needs Improving Early Assessments The 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 Assessment Tasks during Instruction Validity and Reliability in Instructional Assessment Improving Assessment during Instruction Questioning: Purposes and Strategies Accommodations during Instruction Formative and Summative Assessments The Logic of Summative Assessments Planning a Summative Assessment Preparing Students for Official Assessments Selection and Supply Test Items Higher-Level Questions Guidelines for Writing and Critiquing Test Items Assembling Tests Administering Tests Issues of Cheating Scoring Paper-and-Pencil Tests Analying Item Validity Discussing Test Results wAnalyzingents Universal Design and Test Accommodations The 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 Rationale 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 How Commercial Achievement Tests are Created Administering the Test Interpreting Scores Three Examples of Test Interpretation The Validity of Commercial Achievement Tests Growth of Educational Technology Computers and the Instructional Process Computers are Toolboxes Computers and Assessment During Instruction Computers and Summative Assessment Classroom Assessment: Summing Up
2008