Designing Effective Assessments

Accurately measure students’ mastery of 21st century skills (Learn how teachers can better incorporate grading into the teaching and learning process)

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Education & Teaching, Educational Theory, Evaluation
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Author: James H. Strong, Leslie W. Grant, Xianxuan Xu ISBN: 9781936763719
Publisher: Solution Tree Press Publication: January 27, 2017
Imprint: Solution Tree Press Language: English
Author: James H. Strong, Leslie W. Grant, Xianxuan Xu
ISBN: 9781936763719
Publisher: Solution Tree Press
Publication: January 27, 2017
Imprint: Solution Tree Press
Language: English

Assessment is a critical component of effective teaching and learning. To gain valuable assessment data and make effective use of them, educators must have the right tools in place to create quality assessments. Designed specifically for K–12 educators, this title presents ten key assessment design tools and clearly outlines how to incorporate each tool into daily classroom practices. With quality assessment processes in place, teachers at all grade levels can accurately measure student mastery and shape instruction to increase achievement.

Benefits

  • Gain student learning data and help students visualize their own learning progress.
  • Explore the benefits of involving students in the assessment process.
  • Learn how to align grading policies and practices to ensure they are valid and reliable.
  • Examine how standards-based grading and reporting communicate student learning better than traditional assessment practices.
  • Consider how to teach students test-taking skills, which help students perform well and demonstrate their real level of achievement on assessments.
  • Use reproducible handouts to create your own effective assessment and feedback practices.

Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1: Enhancing Validity and Reliability of Assessments

Chapter 2: Measuring Students’ Attitudes, Dispositions, and Engagement Using Affective Assessment

Chapter 3: Assessing Student Criterion-Referenced Learning Using Performance-Based Assessment

Chapter 4: Documenting Student Progress through Portfolios

Chapter 5: Creating Rubrics for Student Feedback

Chapter 6: Building Practical Grading Practices

Chapter 7: Building Valid and Reliable Grading Practices

Chapter 8: Improving Communication through Standards-Based Grading

Chapter 9: Understanding and Using Standardized Assessment Data

Chapter 10: Teaching Test-Taking Skills

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Assessment is a critical component of effective teaching and learning. To gain valuable assessment data and make effective use of them, educators must have the right tools in place to create quality assessments. Designed specifically for K–12 educators, this title presents ten key assessment design tools and clearly outlines how to incorporate each tool into daily classroom practices. With quality assessment processes in place, teachers at all grade levels can accurately measure student mastery and shape instruction to increase achievement.

Benefits

Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1: Enhancing Validity and Reliability of Assessments

Chapter 2: Measuring Students’ Attitudes, Dispositions, and Engagement Using Affective Assessment

Chapter 3: Assessing Student Criterion-Referenced Learning Using Performance-Based Assessment

Chapter 4: Documenting Student Progress through Portfolios

Chapter 5: Creating Rubrics for Student Feedback

Chapter 6: Building Practical Grading Practices

Chapter 7: Building Valid and Reliable Grading Practices

Chapter 8: Improving Communication through Standards-Based Grading

Chapter 9: Understanding and Using Standardized Assessment Data

Chapter 10: Teaching Test-Taking Skills

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