"Classroom Assessment" shows pre- and in-service teachers how to use classroom testing accurately and formatively to dramatically increase their teaching effectiveness and promote student learning. In addition to clear and concise guidelines on how to develop and use quality classroom assessments, the author also focuses on the teaching implications of testing. The "10th Edition" includes extensive discussion of the?Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing?and their impact on classroom assessment, new technology content, updated coverage of legislation and policy changes, and more. Hallmark features of this title: (1) A wealth of concrete guidelines detail how to perform core classroom assessment tasks; (2) Examples of assessment items help learners see item writing guidelines in practice; (3) Decision Time case studies in every chapter show decisions being made in actual K-12 settings; (4) But What Does This Have to Do with Teaching? sections highlight the implications of testing on teaching and the instructional payoffs of well-designed classroom tests; (5) Real-world examples of reliability, validity, and fairness demonstrate how classroom teachers use crucial test-appraisal criterion in a variety of instructional settings; and (6) Coverage of current guidelines, laws, policy changes, standards and methods help readers understand their effect on classroom teachers.