Publication Date
| In 2026 | 0 |
| Since 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2022 (last 5 years) | 0 |
| Since 2017 (last 10 years) | 1 |
| Since 2007 (last 20 years) | 2 |
Descriptor
Author
Publication Type
| Books | 56 |
| Guides - Non-Classroom | 39 |
| Guides - Classroom - Teacher | 11 |
| Collected Works - General | 5 |
| Guides - Classroom - Learner | 3 |
| Tests/Questionnaires | 2 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 1 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 1 |
| Reports - Research | 1 |
Education Level
| Elementary Secondary Education | 1 |
| Secondary Education | 1 |
Audience
| Practitioners | 56 |
| Teachers | 40 |
| Students | 8 |
| Administrators | 3 |
| Community | 3 |
| Researchers | 3 |
| Counselors | 1 |
| Parents | 1 |
| Policymakers | 1 |
Location
| Hong Kong | 1 |
| Indiana | 1 |
| Singapore | 1 |
| United Kingdom | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
| Individuals with Disabilities… | 1 |
Assessments and Surveys
| Program for International… | 1 |
| Woodcock Johnson Psycho… | 1 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewed
Direct linkZajda, Joseph, Ed. – Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research, 2020
This book analyses the nexus between ideology, the state, and education reforms worldwide. The research evinces the neo-liberal ideological imperatives of current education and policy reforms and illustrates the way these shifts in the relationship between the state and education policy are affecting current trends in education reforms and…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Ideology, Educational Change, Neoliberalism
Earl, Lorna M. – 2003
This book takes the mystery and confusion out of assessment by reframing its purpose in student evaluation and learning by providing teachers and school and district administrators with mechanisms for the effective use of assessment, real-life examples and case studies, sample rubrics and lesson plans, and a discussion of the changing role of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Assessment, Learning, Student Evaluation
Bovaird, James A., Ed.; Geisinger, Kurt F., Ed.; Buckendahl, Chad W., Ed. – APA Books, 2011
Educational assessment and, more broadly, educational research in the United States have entered into an era characterized by a dramatic increase in the prevalence and importance of test score use in accountability systems. This volume covers a selection of contemporary issues about testing science and practice that impact the nation's public…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Test Use, Student Placement, Educational Research
Idol, Lorna; Nevin, Ann; Paolucci-Whitcomb, Phyllis – 1999
Curriculum-based assessments (CBAs) are teacher-constructed tests designed to measure students' skill achievements at specified grades directly. This book explains how to generate and revise CBA systems, which can be developed for various types of curriculum. The chapters are: (1) "CBAs for Reading"; (2) "CBAs for Written Expression"; (3) "CBAs…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education, Models, Student Evaluation
Wilson, Leslie Walker – 2002
This book provides classroom teachers with the skills needed to interpret their students assessment results accurately and fairly. It is designed to assist teachers in planning instruction to suit the specific needs of their students. The chapters are: (1) Why Do You Need To Know about Assessment?; (2) What You Must Know about the Assessments You…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education, Instruction
Glatthorn, Allan A. – 1999
This book is intended as a practical guide to implementing a standards-based curriculum, developing performance tasks, teaching to those tasks, and using performance assessments. The chapters are: (1) "Establishing the Foundations"; (2) "Understanding the Achievement Cycle"; (3) "Focusing on Authentic Learning"; (4) "Building on a Standards-Based…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning, Performance Based Assessment
Bartram, Sharon; Gibson, Brenda – 1994
Designed as a practical tool for trainers, this manual contains 22 instruments and documents for gathering and processing information about training and development issues within an organization. Part one of the two-part manual examines the process of identifying and analyzing training needs. It reviews the different types of information the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Check Lists, Educational Needs, Evaluation Methods
Hood, Albert B.; Johnson, Richard W. – 1991
The purpose of this book is to provide information about the various psychological assessment procedures that are specifically relevant for practicing counselors and human development professionals. The book deals with the use of such tests in the counseling process and includes illustrative case studies. It emphasizes the selection,…
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Diagnostic Tests, Evaluation Methods, Measures (Individuals)
Bracey, Gerald W. – 2002
This book takes readers through the often confusing landscape of standardized testing and explains what tests are and what they are not. The book discusses how to interpret test scores, different types of standardized tests, and specific standardized tests. This revised edition also contains discussions of the Third International Mathematics and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Scores
Capper, Joanne – 1996
This book describes how examinations and national assessments can be used to encourage more pedgaogically sound teaching and learning. It provides concrete examples of ways to measure student learning and describes how to develop, score, and interpret tests to ensure that they are valid, reliable, and fair to all children. It offers techniques and…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning
Johnson, Marjorie Seddon; And Others – 1987
Representing a comprehensive description of the use of informal reading inventories (IRIs), this book is designed to provide teachers and reading specialists with practical strategies for forming diagnostic impressions that are useful for planning reading instruction. Respectively, chapters discuss (1) the purpose and nature of IRIs; (2)…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Elementary Education, Informal Reading Inventories, Reading Achievement
Solomon, Pearl G. – 2002
The Assessment Bridge uses four major components to span the gaps between testing, curriculum, and change. The book focuses on the context in which educational testing operates and suggests a view of testing, not as a narrowing of the curriculum, but as a way to deepen teachers involvement in creating the ideas that must be assessed so that…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment, Educational Change
Dichtelmiller, Margo L.; Jablon, Judy R.; Dorfman, Aviva B.; Marsden, Dorothea B.; Meisels, Samuel J. – 1997
The Work Sampling System is a performance assessment system that is used in preschool through fifth grade to document and assess children's skills, knowledge, behavior, and accomplishments across curriculum areas. This teacher's manual explains the use of the Work Sampling System in the following chapters: (1) "Introducing the Work Sampling…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Education, Observation, Performance Based Assessment
Fogarty, Robin – 1998
To say that assessments must be authentic, dynamic, fluid, and formative is not to say that normative, standardized evaluations have no place in the overall assessment scheme. What is needed is a combination and balance of assessments. The tri-assessment model promotes using traditional assessments along with portfolio and performance assessments.…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Models
Glatthorn, Allan A.; Bragaw, Don; Dawkins, Karen; Parker, John – 1998
This book explains a systematic approach to curriculum, assessment, instruction, and learning called the achievement cycle. The first chapter defines the term and its related concepts, provides the background knowledge for using the achievement cycle in the school system or classroom, and presents an overview of the rest of the book. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Benchmarking, Curriculum, Curriculum Development
