What Every Teacher Should Know About Student Assessment
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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
Additional materials
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
Additional materials
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