The Truth About Testing

735 The Truth About Testing An Educator's Call to Action
By: W. James Popham
Publisher: ASCD
ISBN: 0871205238
$23.95
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If you’ve ever doubted that high-stakes testing programs are the best way to improve education, then here’s a book that provides the ideas and insights you need to develop assessments that are more apt to improve student learning.

Using actual items drawn from current tests, a renowned expert explains:

  • How unsound testing is harming classroom teaching and learning
  • What standardized tests can and can’t measure
  • How to create large-scale tests and in-class assessments that help teachers teach better

Explore ways to base school and teacher evaluations on credible evidence. And read clear, practical steps for ending the misapplication of tests.

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