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Testing: Friend or Foe?: Theory and Practice of Assessment and Testing (Master Classes in Education Series)

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Owing to daily work pressures and concerns, many teachers have little opportunity for considering and furthering their understanding of different issues surrounding assessment. Written in a user-friendly, jargon-free style, this text provides the reader with points of growth or change in the field of assessment. Each chapter in the text ends with a section on questions/exercises and further reading.

Author(s): Paul Black
Edition: 1
Year: 1997

Language: English
Pages: 184

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Series Editors' Preface......Page 9
Acknowledgments......Page 11
Introduction......Page 12
History......Page 18
Purposes......Page 35
Confidence in Assessment;Reliability and Validity......Page 48
What to Test;Norms, Criteria and Domains......Page 69
How to Assess;Methods and Instruments......Page 92
Teachers' Roles in Assessment and Testing......Page 115
Pupils and Assessment......Page 138
Certification and Accountability......Page 150
Conclusions......Page 165
A Little Statistics......Page 171
Index......Page 179