The ABCs of Educational Testing
eBook - ePub

The ABCs of Educational Testing

Demystifying the Tools That Shape Our Schools

  1. 176 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The ABCs of Educational Testing

Demystifying the Tools That Shape Our Schools

About this book

Amplify your assessment literacy.

Formative, data-driven, high-stakes—we all know the buzzwords surrounding educational testing. But often times we shelve our understanding of these terms because we think they are overwhelmingly complex. After all, isn't that why we have "experts" crafting assessments?

Those who care about our schools and students—teachers, administrators, policymakers, parents, citizens—will find The ABCs of Educational Testing the first accessible explanation of how and why having a fundamental understanding of educational testing is so important. Inappropriate tests are currently leading to harmful decision-making, and this book gives you everything you need to know to change that, including

  • The purposes of tests
  • The difference between and importance of reliability and validity
  • How to build tests with fairness
  • The importance of students' affect

Using a nontechnical and conversational approach, this book offers fundamental knowledge to free you from testing fogginess—all framed around practical actions you can take today to strengthen your assessment literacy for tomorrow.

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Information

Publisher
Corwin
Year
2016
Print ISBN
9781506351513
eBook ISBN
9781506351551
Edition
1
Topic
Education
Subtopic
Education General

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Acknowledgements
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Contents
  6. Preface
  7. About the Author
  8. 1 Why Fuss With Educational Testing?
  9. 2 Three Primary Purposes of Educational Testing1
  10. 3 Behind Standardized Testing’s Cloudy Curtain
  11. 4 Validity The Crux of the Caper
  12. 5 Reliability Considering Consistency in Inconsistent Containers
  13. 6 Fairness in Testing A Long Time Coming
  14. 7 Reporting Results Where Rubber and Road Meet
  15. 8 Formative Assessment Instructional Magic?
  16. 9 Students’ Affect Underappreciated, Undermeasured
  17. 10 What Next?
  18. Glossary
  19. References
  20. Index
  21. Publisher Note

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