Education: examinations and assessment

A lot hangs on the summative grades that students are given.

A lot hangs on the summative grades that students are given.

Learning how to learn is an essential preparation for lifelong learning.

Learning how to learn is an essential preparation for lifelong learning.

Assessing English Language Learners explains and illustrates the main ideas underlying assessment as an activity intimately linked to instruction and the basic principles for developing, using, selecting, and adapting assessment instruments and strategies to assess content knowledge in English language learners (ELLs).

Assessing English Language Learners explains and illustrates the main ideas underlying assessment as an activity intimately linked to instruction and the basic principles for developing, using, selecting, and adapting assessment instruments and strategies to assess content knowledge in English language learners (ELLs).

Participation is a vital element of working with children and young people - ensuring that services are meeting their needs as well as promoting citizenship, resilience and general well-being.

Participation is a vital element of working with children and young people - ensuring that services are meeting their needs as well as promoting citizenship, resilience and general well-being.

This new edition provides a step-by-step guide to applying the Rasch model in R, a probabilistic model used by researchers across the social sciences to measure unobservable ("e;latent"e;) variables.

Rethinking the SAT is a unique presentation of the latest thoughts and research findings of key individuals in the world of college admissions, including the president of the largest public university system in the U.

Rethinking the SAT is a unique presentation of the latest thoughts and research findings of key individuals in the world of college admissions, including the president of the largest public university system in the U.

Prepare to serve your community with this easy-to-follow guide for future police officers Open positions for police officers and detectives are expected to expand dramatically over the next decade.

Prepare to serve your community with this easy-to-follow guide for future police officers Open positions for police officers and detectives are expected to expand dramatically over the next decade.

A practical introduction to qualitative research across fields and disciplines Qualitative Research in Practice offers a hands-on introduction to qualitative research design, methods, data, and analysis.

A practical introduction to qualitative research across fields and disciplines Qualitative Research in Practice offers a hands-on introduction to qualitative research design, methods, data, and analysis.

Assessing Student Learning is a standard reference for college faculty and administrators, and the third edition of this highly regarded book continues to offer comprehensive, practical, plainspoken guidance.

Assessing Student Learning is a standard reference for college faculty and administrators, and the third edition of this highly regarded book continues to offer comprehensive, practical, plainspoken guidance.

This book explores assessment practices that offer an enlightening and enabling view of all learners.

Evaluation has played a fundamental role throughout the history of higher education.

Evaluation has played a fundamental role throughout the history of higher education.

1,001 practice opportunities for passing the GED test Ready to take the GED test?

1,001 practice opportunities for passing the GED test Ready to take the GED test?

The ultimate preparation guide for the unique CEH exam.

The ultimate preparation guide for the unique CEH exam.

1,001 SAT practice questions at your fingertips Setting your sights on college?

1,001 SAT practice questions at your fingertips Setting your sights on college?

This much-needed book offers trainers, consultants, evaluation professionals, and human resource executives and practitioners a hands-on resource for understanding and applying the proven principles of confirmative evaluation.

50 Techniques for Engaging Students and Assessing Learning in College Courses Do you want to: Know what and how well your students are learning?

50 Techniques for Engaging Students and Assessing Learning in College Courses Do you want to: Know what and how well your students are learning?

Explore multiple practical and theoretical dimensions of needs assessment.

Explore multiple practical and theoretical dimensions of needs assessment.

Everything you need to pass the TASC If you're looking to gauge your readiness for the high school equivalency exam and want to give it all you've got, TASC For Dummies has everything you need.

Everything you need to pass the TASC If you're looking to gauge your readiness for the high school equivalency exam and want to give it all you've got, TASC For Dummies has everything you need.

This issue discusses ways of constructing, organizing, and managing arguments for evaluation.

This issue discusses ways of constructing, organizing, and managing arguments for evaluation.

The fast and easy way to score higher on the SAT Does the thought of preparing for the SAT cause you to break out in a cold sweat?

Create a more effective system for evaluating online faculty Evaluating Online Teaching is the first comprehensive book to outline strategies for effectively measuring the quality of online teaching, providing the tools and guidance that faculty members and administrators need.

Create a more effective system for evaluating online faculty Evaluating Online Teaching is the first comprehensive book to outline strategies for effectively measuring the quality of online teaching, providing the tools and guidance that faculty members and administrators need.

A comprehensive expansion to the essential higher education assessment text This second edition of Assessment Essentials updates the bestselling first edition, the go-to resource on outcomes assessment in higher education.

American higher education needs a major reframing of student learning outcomes assessment Dynamic changes are underway in American higher education.

American higher education needs a major reframing of student learning outcomes assessment Dynamic changes are underway in American higher education.

A comprehensive expansion to the essential higher education assessment text This second edition of Assessment Essentials updates the bestselling first edition, the go-to resource on outcomes assessment in higher education.

The fast and easy way to score higher on the SAT Does the thought of preparing for the SAT cause you to break out in a cold sweat?

Includes online access to new, customizable WJ IV score tables, graphs, and forms for clinicians Woodcock-Johnson IV: Reports, Recommendations, and Strategies offers psychologists, clinicians, and educators an essential resource for preparing and writing psychological and educational reports after administering the Woodcock-Johnson IV.

Includes online access to new, customizable WJ IV score tables, graphs, and forms for clinicians Woodcock-Johnson IV: Reports, Recommendations, and Strategies offers psychologists, clinicians, and educators an essential resource for preparing and writing psychological and educational reports after administering the Woodcock-Johnson IV.

Presents a comprehensive treatment of issues related to the inception, design, implementation and reporting of large-scale education assessments.

Presents a comprehensive treatment of issues related to the inception, design, implementation and reporting of large-scale education assessments.

Meet calls for increased quality and understand accreditation expectations Author Linda Suskie is internationally recognized for her work in higher education assessment, and she is a former vice president of a major regional accreditor.