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Testing! Testing! : what every parent should know about school tests / W. James Popham.

By: Boston : Allyn and Bacon, c2000Boston : Allyn and Bacon, ©2000Description: viii, 289 p. : ill. ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
ISBN:
  • 0205305954
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23 371.260973/P812
LOC classification:
  • LB3051 .P6144 2000
Other classification:
  • HS
Contents:
1 School Tests--Why Should Parents Care? 1 -- 2 Core Concepts of Educational Testing 19 -- 3 The Misuse of Standardized Test Scores as Indicators of Educational Effectiveness 45 -- 4 Making Sense out of Standardized Test Scores 75 -- 5 Common Classroom Tests: When Students Choose Their Answers 107 -- 6 Common Classroom Tests: When Students Construct Their Answers 131 -- 7 Rubrics: Potentially Useful Scoring Tools 149 -- 8 Performance Tests 167 -- 9 Portfolio Assessment 189 -- 10 Assessing Children's Affect 205 -- 11 The Pressure to Improve Test Scores--and Its Consequences 225 -- 12 How Students Are Graded 247 -- 13 How to Evaluate Teachers 263 -- An Appendix of Draft Letters from Parents 283.
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1 School Tests--Why Should Parents Care? 1 -- 2 Core Concepts of Educational Testing 19 -- 3 The Misuse of Standardized Test Scores as Indicators of Educational Effectiveness 45 -- 4 Making Sense out of Standardized Test Scores 75 -- 5 Common Classroom Tests: When Students Choose Their Answers 107 -- 6 Common Classroom Tests: When Students Construct Their Answers 131 -- 7 Rubrics: Potentially Useful Scoring Tools 149 -- 8 Performance Tests 167 -- 9 Portfolio Assessment 189 -- 10 Assessing Children's Affect 205 -- 11 The Pressure to Improve Test Scores--and Its Consequences 225 -- 12 How Students Are Graded 247 -- 13 How to Evaluate Teachers 263 -- An Appendix of Draft Letters from Parents 283.

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