Description: I. THE BASES FOR ASSESSMENT IN THE CLASSROOM. 1. Classroom Decision Making and Using Assessment. 2. Describing the Goals and Learning Targets of Instruction. 3. Validity of Assessment Results. 4. Reliability of Assessment Results. 5. Professional Responsibilities, Ethical Behavior, and Legal Requirements in Educational Assessments. II. CRAFTING AND USING CLASSROOM ASSESSMENTS. 6. Planning for Integrating Assessment and Instruction. 7. Completion, Constructed-Response, and True-False Items. 8. Multiple-Choice and Matching Exercises. 9. Essay Assessment Tasks. 10. Higher-Order Thinking, Problem-Solving, and Critical Thinking. 11. Performance, Alternative, and Authentic Assessments. 12. Performance Tasks, Portfolios, Rating Scales, and Scoring Rubrics. 13. Formal and Informal Diagnostic Assessments. 14. Preparing Your Students to Be Assessed and Using Students' Results to Improve Your Assessments. 15. Evaluating and Grading Student Progress. III. INTERPRETING AND USING STANDARDIZED TESTS. 16. Standardized Achievement Tests. 17. Interpreting Norm-Referenced Scores. 18. Finding and Evaluating Published Assessments. 19. Scholastic Aptitude, Career Interests, Attitudes, and Personality Tests. APPENDICES: A. Standards for Teacher Competence in Educational Assessment of Students. B. Code of Fair Testing Practices in Education. C. Code of Professional Responsibilities in Educational Measurement. D. Summaries of Taxonomies of Educational Objectives: Cognitive, Affective, and Psychomotor Domains. E. Categories of Learning Targets Derived from the Dimensions of Learning Model. F. Assessment of Metacognition. G. Examples of Alternative Blueprints for a Summative Unit Assessment. H. Basic Statistical Concepts. I. Computational Procedures for Various Reliability Coefficients. J. A Limited List of Published Tests. K. List of Test Publishers and Their Websites. References. Author Index. Index.

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