Author(s): Norman E. Gronlund; C. Keith Waugh

Education

KEY BENEFIT Updated in a new tenth edition, this highly regarded book is a practical guide for teachers taking a course in Classroom Assessment, or educators who want to learn how to better prepare valid assessment instruments that contribute to effective instruction and student learning. KEY TOPICS A balanced, concise, and practical guide for testing and performance assessment that is rooted in effective classroom instruction and learning, a portion of the textbook is devoted to preparing and using classroom tests and performance assessments, assigning grades, and interpreting standardized test scores to the student and parents. In more detail, readers will find in the first two chapters an accurate and precise description of the assessment process, its role in instruction, and the historical and legislative influences on assessment in the United States. The third and fourth chapters follow with a presentation on the use of taxonomies when planning assessments, and the method used to establish the validity and reliability of assessment tools. The remaining chapters will instruct on how to prepare tests and performance assessments, how assessments are conducted in distance-education courses, how to grade and report student achievement, how to interpret standardized achievement test scores, and how assessment is used when conducting education Action Research. MARKET: Written for pre-service and practicing teachers and other educators who prepare assessments for K-12 students.