TITLE: |
Test better, teach better : the instructional role of assessment / James W. Popham. |
AUTHOR: |
Popham, W. James. |
PUBLISHED: |
Alexandria, Va. : Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, c2003. |
DESCRIPTION: |
x, 174 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
NOTES: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
NOTES: |
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 -- |
NOTES: |
The value of affective assessment --Uses and misuses of standardized achievement tests -- Instructionally supportive standards-based tests -- |
NOTES: |
Collecting credible classroom evidence of instructional impact --Epilogue, Cora in her classroom : an illustration of instructionally focused testing. |
SUBJECT: |
Educational tests and measurements. |
SUBJECT: |
Examinations. |
SUBJECT: |
Effective teaching. |