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OverviewStudents' scores on various standardized tests are among the more confusing reports on the educational landscape today. In this booklet, Interpreting the Results of Large-Scale Assessments, teachers learn in simple language how score-reporting works and which techniques yield the most defensible results. The MASTERING ASSESSMENT series is a set of fifteen practical, easy-to-use booklets covering a wide range of topics related to educational assessment and accountability. These groundbreaking booklets put the most relevant information on assessment at teachers’ fingertips and provide an important resource for educators looking to learn the ins and outs of becoming “assessment literate.” Paired with the series' Facilitator's Guide (available for download at no additional charge from Pearson's Instructor Resource Center), Mastering Assessment is the perfect tool for building assessment literacy either in self-study or a professional development program. Don't miss all the books in the Mastering Assessment series by W. James Popham: • Appropriate and Inappropriate Tests for Evaluating Schools • Assessing Students’ Affect • Assessing Students with Disabilities • Assessment Bias: How to Banish It • Classroom Evidence of Successful Teaching • College Entrance Examinations: The SAT and the ACT • Constructed-Response Tests: Building and Bettering • How Testing Can Help Teaching • Interpreting the Results of Large-Scale Assessments • Portfolio Assessment and Performance Testing • Reliability: What Is It and Is It Necessary? • Selected-Response Tests: Building and Bettering • The Role of Rubrics in Testing and Teaching • Test Preparation: Sensible or Sordid? • Validity: Assessment’s Cornerstone Full Product DetailsAuthor: W. James PophamPublisher: Pearson Education (US) Imprint: Pearson Edition: 2nd edition Dimensions: Width: 25.00cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 18.00cm Weight: 0.075kg ISBN: 9780132734974ISBN 10: 0132734974 Pages: 32 Publication Date: 20 June 2011 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: In Print  Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of ContentsWhat Makes a Test Standardized? Score Interpretation Two Interpretive Frameworks Sometimes a Choice of Interpretations Percentiles Grade-Equivalent Scores Scale Scores Comparing Three Score-Interpretation Methods Accuracy EstimatesReviewsAuthor InformationW. James Popham is a nationally recognized expert on educational testing. For 30 years he taught courses at UCLA in instructional methods for prospective teachers, and courses in evaluation and measurement. He has also authored over 25 books in the fields of curriculum, instruction, and assessment. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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