What Every Teacher Should Know About Student Assessment

Donna E. Walker Tileston - Strategic Teaching and Learning, Dallas, TX
What Every Teacher Should Know About Student Assessment
October 2003 | 136 pages | Corwin
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Description

The state-of-the-art guide to research-based student assessment

How do teachers know that students know? Donna Tileston's innovative guide to building brain-compatible assessments can help every teacher identify and enhance student understanding. Topics covered:

  • Building and aligning standards-based assessment
  • Test anxiety and the brain
  • Teacher-made tests
  • State and national assessments
  • Tests for multiple intelligences
  • Performance tasks
  • Teacher observations and student self-assessment        
  • Building and using rubrics
  • Building aligned assessments
  • Assessing the assessments
  • Vocabulary pre-test, post-test, and summary
  • Bibliography and index

 

Contents

About the Author

About the Author

Introduction

Introduction

Vocabulary Pre-Test

  • 1. Making Decisions About Assessment
  • 2. Identifying and Enhancing Student Understanding
  • 3. Formats for Teacher Made Tests
  • 4. Testing for Intelligence
  • 5. Performance Tasks
  • 6. Using a Matrix or Rubric
  • 7. Building Aligned Assessments
  • 8. State and National Assessments

Glossary

Glossary

Vocabulary Post-Test

Vocabulary Post-Test

Bibliography

Bibliography

Index

Index

Description

The state-of-the-art guide to research-based student assessment

How do teachers know that students know? Donna Tileston's innovative guide to building brain-compatible assessments can help every teacher identify and enhance student understanding. Topics covered:

  • Building and aligning standards-based assessment
  • Test anxiety and the brain
  • Teacher-made tests
  • State and national assessments
  • Tests for multiple intelligences
  • Performance tasks
  • Teacher observations and student self-assessment        
  • Building and using rubrics
  • Building aligned assessments
  • Assessing the assessments
  • Vocabulary pre-test, post-test, and summary
  • Bibliography and index

 

Contents

About the Author

About the Author

Introduction

Introduction

Vocabulary Pre-Test

  • 1. Making Decisions About Assessment
  • 2. Identifying and Enhancing Student Understanding
  • 3. Formats for Teacher Made Tests
  • 4. Testing for Intelligence
  • 5. Performance Tasks
  • 6. Using a Matrix or Rubric
  • 7. Building Aligned Assessments
  • 8. State and National Assessments

Glossary

Glossary

Vocabulary Post-Test

Vocabulary Post-Test

Bibliography

Bibliography

Index

Index

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What Every Teacher Should Know About Student Assessment


October 2003 | 136 pages | Corwin

Format Published Date ISBN Price
Paperback 01/02/2026 9780761931232 $37.95
Lifetime 01/02/2026 9781483360263 $35.00

The state-of-the-art guide to research-based student assessment

How do teachers know that students know? Donna Tileston's innovative guide to building brain-compatible assessments can help every teacher identify and enhance student understanding. Topics covered:

  • Building and aligning standards-based assessment
  • Test anxiety and the brain
  • Teacher-made tests
  • State and national assessments
  • Tests for multiple intelligences
  • Performance tasks
  • Teacher observations and student self-assessment        
  • Building and using rubrics
  • Building aligned assessments
  • Assessing the assessments
  • Vocabulary pre-test, post-test, and summary
  • Bibliography and index

 


Table Of Contents:

  • About the Author
  • Introduction
  • Vocabulary Pre-Test
  • 1. Making Decisions About Assessment
  • 2. Identifying and Enhancing Student Understanding
  • 3. Formats for Teacher Made Tests
  • 4. Testing for Intelligence
  • 5. Performance Tasks
  • 6. Using a Matrix or Rubric
  • 7. Building Aligned Assessments
  • 8. State and National Assessments
  • Glossary
  • Vocabulary Post-Test
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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