{"product_id":"educational-assessment-isbn-9780471472483","title":"Educational Assessment","description":"\u003cp\u003eProvides a practical, student-friendly introduction to the major concepts and everyday issues in this field. Superbly organized, pedagogically sound, and thoroughly up-to-date, it shows teachers and prospective teachers how to conduct first-rate assessment in their own classrooms as well as how to understand and interpret state and national testing programs, including the latest developments from IDEA and NCLB. The text emphasizes a best-practices approach to assessment and a hands-on approach to learning.\u003c\/p\u003e  Preface.  \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTo the Students.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1. Introduction: The World of Educational Assessment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2. Statistics: Just a Little Bit.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3. Reliability: Stability of Performance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4. Validity: What the Test Measures.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5. Norms and Criteria: Interpreting Student Performance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6. Planning for Assessment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7. Selected-Response Items: Multiple-Choice, True-False, Matching.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 8. Constructed-Response Items: Essays, Performances, Portfolios.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 9. Interests, Creativity, and Non-test Indicators.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 10. Administering and Analyzing Your Tests.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 11. Standardized Tests I: Achievement.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 12. Standardized Tests II: Ability, Interests, Personality.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 13. Grading and Reporting.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 14. Educational Assessment and the Law.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 15. Evaluating Teaching: Applying Assessment to Yourself.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Appendixes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eThomas P. Hogan\u003c\/b\u003e teaches in the Education and Psychology Departments of the University of Scranton. Having written over 100 articles, presentations, papers, and chapters on educational measurement and assessment issues, he has also coauthored several widely used standardized and criterion-referenced assessment instruments. Dr. Hogan frequently serves as a consultant to school, state, and national organizations on assessment issues. \"...a practical overview of the principles, techniques, and issues related to assessment …[that] gives novice and experienced teachers what they need, but that also respects the fact that teaching is a profession with specialized knowledge and skills.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eChristopher R. Gareis\u003c\/b\u003e, Ed. D.; Assistant Professor, The College of William and Mary \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEducational assessment as it is really practiced today\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThomas P. Hogan's \u003ci\u003eEducational Assessment: A Practical Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e brings you to the frontlines in educational assessment, as it is actually practiced in today’s classrooms, school systems, state departments, and national organizations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDrawing on his rich and extensive career in the field, as well as best-practice standards set forth by the NEA, AFT, NCME, and INTASC, Hogan combines a clear organization with outstanding pedagogical techniques and numerous examples to show how to conduct first-rate classroom assessments and gain a solid working-knowledge of standardized assessment.   \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlso available from Wiley\/Jossey-Bass Education\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Teacher's Guide to Classroom Assessment: Understanding and Using Assessment to Improve Student Learning, Grades K-12\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eSusan M. Butler \u0026amp; Nancy D. McMunn, both of SERVE, Greensboro, NC\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 0-7879-7877-9\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989105590501,"sku":"NP9780471472483","price":132.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780471472483.jpg?v=1761782818","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/educational-assessment-isbn-9780471472483","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}