Assessment & Testing

Human judgements underlie all assessments regarding the quality of students’ understandings. The study of the complexity of the judgement process is in its infancy; however, what is demonstrated from the variety of international teacher judgement practices presented here is that teacher judgement re..

Human judgements underlie all assessments regarding the quality of students’ understandings. What is demonstrated from the practices presented here is that teacher judgement requires more than a set of standards, criteria and annotated examples. It was published as a special issue of Assessment in E..

_x005F_x000D_ Learning and Assessing with Multiple-Choice Questions in College Classrooms is a comprehensive resource designed to enable instructors and their students to use MCQs to most effectively enhance student learning...

First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

Meeting the Challenges to Measurement in an Era of Accountability focuses on the assessment of student achievement in a broad range of grade levels and subject areas, with particular attention to their use in the evaluation of teachers and schools in all...

Meeting the Challenges to Measurement in an Era of Accountability focuses on the assessment of student achievement in a broad range of grade levels and subject areas, with particular attention to their use in the evaluation of teachers and schools in all...

This new volume in the NCME series addresses measurement and research issues related to college and career readiness...

Program Theory-Driven Evaluation Science fills the gap between 21st century literature on evaluation and what is happening in practice. It features detailed examples of how evaluations unfold in practice to develop people, programs, and organizati..

PISA’s Violence provides a critical analysis of the OECD’s Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). Based on an analysis of the OECD’s public documents, including publications, webpages, and videos, d’Agnese argues that PISA is not just an assessment tool, but rather an all-encompassin..

Based on research from cognitive science and formative assessment, this essential guide helps teachers refine their approach to fundamental challenges in the classroom. Containing a detailed exploration of six core problems that all teachers face in planning lessons, assessing learning and respondin..

Based on research from cognitive science and formative assessment, this essential guide helps teachers refine their approach to fundamental challenges in the classroom. Containing a detailed exploration of six core problems that all teachers face in planning lessons, assessing learning and respondin..

Value-added models (VAMs) are methods meant to measure the value a teacher or school adds to student learning from one year to the next. To date, however, there is very little evidence to support their trustworthiness. The mission of this book is to shed light on this issue thereby improving states‘..