Index
Note: Italicized page numbers indicate a figure on the corresponding page. Page numbers in bold indicate a table on the corresponding page.
academic performance and feedback 83
accuracy of scoring 34
adaptive conceptions of assessment 9
age equivalent scores 122
American AP Studio Art evaluation 49
analytic rubric 31–3
‘approximate’ basis in scoring 103
assessment-like interactions 26
assessments: assumptions of 20–6; authentic assessment 50–6; challenges of 48–50; computer assessments of essays 37; conceptions of 2, 4, 5–10; ego-protective approach to 85; essay question assessment/test 18, 42–4; formative assessment 7, 26, 27–8, 32–3; fundamental goals of 4; introduction to 1–3; as learning 16; for learning 57; overview of 3–5; standardised tests 116, 119; student involvement in assessments 57–66; summary of 10–12; summative assessment 7–8, 26–8, 32; see also classroom assessment; evaluations; objectively scored assessments; scores/scoring assessments; self-assessment; tests/testing
assessment theory 3
authentic assessment 50–6
Authentic Assessment Toolbox 54
autonomy of students 61
‘best’ answer 95
biased scoring 26
binary-choice questions 99, 99–102, 100, 101
chance-adjusted correlation 34
check-marking 40
child-centred concerns 84
class-generated criteria 64–5
classical test theory 113
classroom assessment: authentic assessment 50–6; error in human judgements 36–41; essays and 42–4; exemplar and 35–6; introduction to 9, 12, 29; portfolio assessment 44–50; rubrics and 29–35; small-scale marking in classrooms 39
cognitive skills and teaching 90
complex processing 15
computer assessments of essays 37
computer-based testing 101
conceptions: adaptive conceptions of assessment 9; of assessments 2, 4, 5–10
Confucian approaches to learning 7
consistency of scoring 34
constructed response item formats 102–6
content knowledge of teachers 16
correlation: of agreement 43; chance-adjusted correlation 34; degrees of 113; inter-item correlations 114; inter-rater correlations 35; between markers 34; self-evaluations vs. test score ratings 60; split-half inter-item correlations 114
correlations: total score correlations 114
criterion referenced int...