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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 371 EAN: 9780205597284 Edition: 9 ISBN: 0205597289 Label: Allyn & Bacon Manufacturer: Allyn & Bacon Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 240 Publication Date: March 14, 2008 Publisher: Allyn & Bacon Studio: Allyn & Bacon Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: Norman Gronlund gives teachers the tools they need to support the development of high-quality assessments in the classroom. He presents a balanced, concise, and practical guide for testing and performance assessment that is rooted in effective classroom instruction and learning. Emphasizing that assessment is a broad term that includes testing and performance assessment, each used where it is most appropriate, Norman declares that valid assessment is necessary for effective instruction in order to improve student learning. He devotes a portion of the book to preparing and using classroom tests and performance assessments, assigning grades, and interpreting standardized test scores to students and parents. Improve student learning with strategies that work! *Spotlightsexpanded discussion of the role assessment plays during the planning of instruction. *Discusses validity and simple item analysis procedures in greater detail. *Features more examples to help teachers understand the application of assessment principles. *Includes references for "Additional Reading" lists.* An Instructor's Manual with sample test items and activities is available to adopters online by contacting your local representative. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Easy to Read and InformativeThis is one text book that was well worth my money. It is very easy to read and provides a lot of examples. It is a small book for the money, but that is how the text book world runs, right? Rating: - test development musthaveI intend to keep this one near me at all times. An excellent reference and clearly written. Rating:  - GREAT BOOK FOR EDT GRADUATESIn the business of EDT? A must have text..... Assessments classified in many different ways. Including performance-based assessments and summative assessments. The text focuses on achievement. It is aligned with the standards-based education reform and outcomes-based education movement. The text identifies tasks in settings that involve real-world application of knowledge and skills. Proficiency performance may result in a product, such as a painting, portfolio, paper, or exhibition, or it ... Read More Rating:  - The prequal!For those of you taking WED 463 with SIU, this is the OLD EDITION!!! My professor used 8th while aluding to 9th being on the presses for the new year (2007) so if you really want to search for the right information (only one chapter is actually different from this to the 8th edition but content has been re-arranged so going to page #XYZ isn't going to be helpful following along in class.) On the other hand, if you don't mind digging for the information everyone else has already found and ... Read More Rating: - Very pleasedThe book was perfect and I received the book very quickly. The seller was great! 
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