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W. James Popham, Ed.D., University of California, Los Angeles Publisher: Prentice Hall
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Table Of Contents Preface: A Preface for Parents. 1.School Tests — Why Should Parents Care? 2.Core Concepts of Educational Testing. 3.The Misuse of Standardized Test Scores as Indicators of Educational Effectiveness. 4.Making Sense out of Standardized Test Scores. 5.Common Classroom Tests: When Students Choose Their Answers. 6. Common Classroom Tests: When Students Construct Their Answers. 7.Rubrics: Potentially Useful Scoring Tools. 8.Performance Tests. 9.Portfolio Assessment. 10.Assessing Children's Affect. 11.The Pressure to Improve Test Scores — And Its Consequences. 12.How Students Are Graded. 13.How to Evaluate Teachers. An Appendix of Draft Letters from Parents. |
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Features What do the tests your child is taking really mean?
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Reader Reviews "Popham has produced another practitioner-oriented winner on testing, but this time it's for parents... A must read for all parents who want to understand the real meaning of their children's test scores." — Ronald A. Berk, Professor of Biostatistics and Measurement, Johns Hopkins University"In an era when tests are being used as instruments, rather than indicators, of educational reform and the lives of children can be profoundly altered by their performance on a single external test, it is essential that every parent become knowledgeable about testing practices in their children's schools. What kinds of tests are used in schools? For what purposes? What interpretations are being made? What can happen to a child as a result of their test score? What determines the quality of a test? ... Testing! Testing! What Every Parent should Know About School Tests provides sound and lucid answers to every one of these questions and many more. By reading this book, parents can become knowledgeable advocates for reliable testing policies in their children's schools and can protect their children from the rampant abuses that result from misguided testing practices. I commend it to every concerned parent!" — Richard M. Jaeger, NationsBank Professor of Educational Research Methodology University of North Carolina at Greensboro |