Teacher-Made Assessments (Eye on Education)

Assessment is not only a measure of student learning, but a means to student learning. This bestselling book guides you in constructing and using your own classroom assessments, including tests, quizzes, essays, and rubrics to improve student achievement. You will learn how to weave together curriculum, instruction, and learning to make assessment a more natural, useful part of teaching.Find out how to...ensure your assessments are fair, reliable, and validconstruct assessments that meet the level of cognitive demand expected of studentscreate select-response items and understand technology-enhanced items that are increasingly being used on assessmentsuse constructed-response items and develop scoring criteria such as rubrics; andanalyze student results on assessments and use feedback more effectivelyThis second edition features updated examples that reflect the Common Core State Standards as well as other content standards and new, useful samples of teacher-friendly techniques for strengthening classroom assessment practices. No matter what grade level or subject area you teach, this practical book will become your go-to resource for designing effective assessments. Read more