Test Better, Teach Better: The Instructional Role of Assessment

by W. James Popham

The right kinds of tests, correctly applied, can help every teacher become a better teacher. But unless you know the nuts and bolts of effective test design and application, you may be collecting the wrong data; misinterpreting data; and drawing off-base conclusions about what students know and can do, what to teach next, and how effective your instruction has been.

In Test Better, Teach Better, assessment expert W. James Popham explores...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0871206676
• ISBN13: 9780871206671
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: ASCD
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 0.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.1"

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Enthusiastically recommended reading for classroom educators

Test Better, Teach Better: The Instructional Role Of Assessment is an informative guideline by W. James Popham (Professor Emeritus, UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies) to using test data to improve classroom instructor's ability to educate children and prepare them for the future. From the often-misused value of standardized achievement tests; to applying tests judiciously in order to clarify one's curriculum; to minimizing bias and taking it into account, and more, Test Better, Teach Better is enthusiastically recommended reading for classroom educators dedicated to utilizing every means at their disposal to improve the academic abilities of their students regardless of the subject matter being taught. Also highly recommended is the Association For Supervision And Curriculum Development website at www.ascd.org