Loyde W. Hales, educational consultant and Professor Emeritus at Portland State University, Portland, OR
Jon C. Marshall, educational consultant, Marshall Consulting, Rapid City, SD

Put this practical guide to student assessment to work in your class or program today - and see measurable improvement in teaching and learning! This guide is all about optimizing student learning through assessment and data-based planning. In it you see how to implement meaningful assessment strategies congruent with the No Child Left Behind legislation, along with practical support for planning instruction for students or improving initiatives in your school.

Here you see effective ways to integrate assessment methods into your curriculum to enhance teaching and learning. Divided into four sections, the book first takes a look at the relationships among standards, assessment, accountability, and teaching and introduces a planning model for implementing and using assessment data.

Part Two then gives you a close look at constructing, administering, and using classical selection and supply-type test items in teaching, including multiple-choice, matching, true-false, completion, and essay exams.

Authentic measurement techniques are the focus of Part Three, with chapters on assessing students' written, oral, and performance examinations, as well as portfolio assessments.

In the final section of the book you get all the concepts and techniques you need to effectively use the data collected in improving instruction.
2004 Paperbound 360pp est. ISBN 1-929024-63-0 Order #776 $29.95

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