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Written with energy and wit, this reader-friendly text discusses practical ways in which teachers can develop and use well-written tests to improve their effectiveness in the classroom.
With its constant attention to the instructional implications of educational assessment, Classroom Assessment: What Teachers Need to Know, 7/e, helps readers become assessment literate --to understand the fundamental concepts and processes of educational testing that will influence teachers hour-to-hour instructional decisions. The text recognizes and highlights the exponential increase in the importance of educational assessment in an era of common core state standards, national assessment consortia, and teacher-evaluations based on students test scores. However, because the seventh edition was completed at a time when the nature of high-stakes educational testing in the U.S. was genuinely unsettled,the author consistently informs the readersof instances when, in truth, they need to stay tuned for the next development in todays high-stakes U.S. testing arena. As a result, the reader feels part of an exciting and evolving profession.
