Authors:
Nancy McMunn, Susan Butler
A Teacher's Guide to Classroom Assessment is a comprehensive guide that shows step-by-step how to effectively integrate assessment into the classroom. Written for both new and seasoned teachers, this important book offers a practical aid for developing assessment skills and strategies, building assessment literacy, and ultimately improving student learning.
For More Information Contact:
Wendy McColskey
Product Specifics
Publisher:
Jossey-Bass
Number of pages:
288
Price: $29.95
Audience:
Teachers, School Teams
Key Ideas:
Teachers need a clear understanding of classroom assessment, examples and models to emulate, feedback on their efforts, and support along the way in order to change and make improvements in the classroom. While most standardized testing results simply reveal the tip of the assessment iceberg of student assessment, formative classroom assessment can uncover individual student learning needs.
Ways to use:
Use this guide to assist in:
- designing quality performance tasks and scoring guides
- setting standards-based learning targets
- analyzing assessment data
APA Citation:
McMunn, N., Butler, S. (2006). A teacher's guide to classroom assessment: Understanding and using assessment to Improve student learning. Hoboken, NJ: Jossey-Bass
Related Products
Assessing the State of State Assessments: Perspectives on Assessing Young Children
This document includes a series of papers on theoretical and practical issues associated with wide-scale assessment systems that collect data from preschool- and kindergarten-age children.