educational tests and measurements

Provides research-based step-by-step guidance for using assessment effectively, covering the setting of learning targets, design of assessment tasks, creation of scoring guides, tracking and analysis of data, and use of feedback.

Already so worried about the big second grade test that his stomach is upset, seven-year-old Tiger Turcotte, whose parents are African American, Meherrin Indian, and Hispanic, gets stuck on the question about race.

Discusses the most effective ways to study and take tests, including quizzes, final exams, and standardized tests, successfully, emphasizing the methods of preview, view, review.

Gives children advice on being successful test takers.

Presents a rationale for differentiated assessment and grading, discusses mastery, and provides guidance, ideas, and examples from middle and high school classrooms, as well as a guide for teacher leaders on supporting colleagues beginning differentiated assessment and grading.

Presents twenty-five formative assessment probes for math knowledge in grades three through five and aligned to the Common Core.

Shows teachers how to ensure that their students read at their grade levels.

Provides an assessment system for districts, schools, and classrooms that uses continuous assessment, timely feedback, and clear goals to follow the progression of learning and includes learning progressions, on-demand writing prompts, student checklists and writing samples, rubrics, and exemplar pieces of writing.