Renowned education journalist Ronald A. Wolk--the founder and former editor of "Education Week" and "Teacher Magazine"--Skewers the conventional wisdom of the day about education reform and illuminates a way forward to higher student achievement. Learn why so many assumptions gu…
Measuring History complements the cases presented in Wise Social Studies Practices (Yeager & Davis, 2005). Yeager and Davis highlight the rich and ambitious teaching that can occur in the broad context of state-level testing. In this book, the chapter authors and I bring the par…
This book presents a comprehensive treatment of issues related to the inception, design, implementation and reporting of large-scale education assessments. In recent years many countries have decided to become involved in international educational assessments to allow them to as…
This practical guide provides a simple, useful reference to commonly raised questions about medical student assessment. The first part of the book provides succinct information on the general aspects of assessment such as purpose and principles of assessment; technical terms suc…
Don't settle for assessing recall and comprehension only when you can use this guide to create assessments for higher-order thinking skills. Assessment expert Susan M. Brookhart brings you up to speed on how to develop and use test questions and other assessments that reveal how…
This book looks at how and why assessment matters in the classroom, discussing key issues such as: can assessment raise standards? Can current practice be improved? And how does self-assessment help pupils learn?
"Assessment is a prominent and sometimes controversial issue in education. This book looks at how and why assessment matters in the classroom, discussing key issues such as: can assessment raise standards?; can current practice be improved?; and how does self-assessment help pup…
by Waugh, Russell F., Biswas, Minoti, Choe, Kee Cheng, Edries, Ahdielah, Konza, Deslea, Lui, Shiueh Ling, Richmond, Janet, Unnithan, Rahda Devi, Waugh, Russell F., (ed), Wong, Heng Aik Jason
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A collection of ten research papers applying the Rasch measurement method of analysing test results in new contexts. In making a measure of a variable intended for Rasch analysis, items are designed to be conceptually ordered by difficulty along an increasing continuum from easy…
by Gipps, C. V., Gipps, C., Murphy, P.
For decades Japan has remained at or near the top of international assessments of student learning; and in the past decade, students in Japan have become more engaged in learning. However, the government aspires to improve learning outcomes even further. "Strong Performers and S…
For decades Japan has remained at or near the top of international assessments of student learning; and in the past decade, students in Japan have become more engaged in learning. However, the government aspires to improve learning outcomes even further. "Strong Performers and S…
