The truth about testing : an educator's call to action / / James W. Popham

• Autore: Popham W. James
• Pubblicazione: Alexandria, Va., : Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development, 2001
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (175 p.)
• Soggetto topico: Educational tests and measurements - United States; Education - Standards - United States
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover ""; ""Title Page ""; ""Copyright ""; ""Table of Contents ""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: How We Arrived at This Unhappy Place""; ""Chapter 1: Classroom Consequences of Unsound High-Stakes Testing""; ""Chapter 2: Why We Test""; ""Chapter 3: The Mystique of Standardized Measuring Instruments""; ""Chapter 4: Confounded Causality""; ""Chapter 5: Creating Large-Scale Tests That Illuminate Instructional Decisions""; ""Chapter 6: Getting Maximum Instructional Mileage Out of Classroom Assessment""; ""Chapter 7: Collecting Credible Evidence of Instructional Effectiveness"" ; ""Chapter 8: Wrapping Up with Action Options""""References and Resources""; ""Index""; ""About the Author""; ""Related ASCD Resources""; ""Search this Book""
• Sommario/riassunto: Throughout this commonsense and conversational resource, the author appeals to educators to build their own assessment literacy, spread the word about harmful testing, and reexamine how they use test data in the classroom.
• Titolo autorizzato: The truth about testing
• ISBN: 0-87120-913-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910952315103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II