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Overview
Contents
• Why Do We Need To Know About Assessment
Be the Best You Can Be
No Child Left Behind
Teaching to the Test?
• What You Must Know About the Assessments You Administer
Standardized tests
Types of Scores
Putting It Into Practice
• Essential Measurement Concepts Measurement Error
Reliability
Standard Error of Measurement
Validity
Correlations
Limitations of Assessment Data
Putting It Into Practice
• Preparing Your Student To Show What They Know
Test Taking Skills
The Classroom Assessment
Developing Your Own Assessments
Using Assessment Data
Putting It Into Practice
• Threats To Validity
What to Do with Invalid Test Results
Questions to Guide Data Analysis
Putting It Into Practice
• Using Assessment Results to Identify Instructional Needs
Making Observations
Some Actual Student Responses
Synopsis
Contents
• Why Do We Need To Know About Assessment
Be the Best You Can Be
No Child Left Behind
Teaching to the Test?
• What You Must Know About the Assessments You Administer
Standardized tests
Types of Scores
Putting It Into Practice
• Essential Measurement Concepts Measurement Error
Reliability
Standard Error of Measurement
Validity
Correlations
Limitations of Assessment Data
Putting It Into Practice
• Preparing Your Student To Show What They Know
Test Taking Skills
The Classroom Assessment
Developing Your Own Assessments
Using Assessment Data
Putting It Into Practice
• Threats To Validity
What to Do with Invalid Test Results
Questions to Guide Data Analysis
Putting It Into Practice
• Using Assessment Results to Identify Instructional Needs
Making Observations
Some Actual Student Responses