Overview

If you've ever doubted that high-stakes testing programs are the best way to improve education, then here’s a book that provides the ideas and insights you need to develop assessments that are more apt to improve student learning. Using actual items drawn from current tests, a renowned expert explains

• How unsound testing is harming classroom teaching and learning
• What standardized tests can and can’t measure
• How to create large-scale tests and in-class assessments that help teachers teach better

Explore ways to base school and teacher evaluations on credible evidence. And read clear, practical steps for ending the misapplication of tests.

(ASCD Premium and Select Member book, 2001) 6" x 9", 167 pages.

Also available as an eBook!

By the same author: Test Better, Teach Better: The Instructional Role of Assessment