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July 3, 2025
A Teacher’s Guide to Classroom Assessment: Understanding and Using Assessment to Improve Student Learning
- Author
- Butler, Susan and Nancy D. McMunn
- Publisher
- Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA
- ISBN
- 0787978779
- Table of Contents
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Introduction : Assessment for classroom learning
ch. 1 Understanding the varieties of assessment
Part 1 Clarifying learning targets
ch. 2 Unpacking standards and benchmarks
ch. 3 Defining student expectations
Part 2 Gathering assessment evidence
ch. 4 Understanding and selecting assessment methods
ch.5 Written product, portfolio, and project assessments
ch. 6 Designing quality classroom assessment tasks
ch. 7 Creating useful scoring guides
Part 3 Making sense of assessment data
ch. 8 Tracking and analyzing results
Part 4 Linking assessment to instruction
ch. 9 Revising feedback and instructional plans
ch. 10 Using assessment to motivate students
Part 5 Related assessment factors
ch. 11 Rethinking grading practices
ch. 12 Challenges of high-stakes assessment
Conclusion : an appeal for change
A comprehensive guide for effectively integrating assessment in the classroom.
Based on extensive research, this book offers teachers a thorough grounding in all aspects of classroom assessment for enhancing student learning and achievement. While the major focus is on how to design quality performance tasks and scoring guides, the book also provides guidance on setting standards-based learning targets, analyzing assessment data, and using instructional strategies to provide effective feedback to students. The book also covers portfolios, grading practices, and issues of high-stakes testing. (From the Publisher)
Based on extensive research, this book offers teachers a thorough grounding in all aspects of classroom assessment for enhancing student learning and achievement. While the major focus is on how to design quality performance tasks and scoring guides, the book also provides guidance on setting standards-based learning targets, analyzing assessment data, and using instructional strategies to provide effective feedback to students. The book also covers portfolios, grading practices, and issues of high-stakes testing. (From the Publisher)