Assessment for Educational Leaders

Name: Assessment for Educational Leaders
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ISBN: 9780205424009

ISBN-10: 0205424007

ISBN-13: 9780205424009

Edition: 2006

Authors: W. James Popham

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Written specifically for school administrators and those preparing to be school administrators, this easy-to-read book contains only what's needed by leaders in today's assessment-dominated world of educational accountability. The content of the text is unabashedly practical, addressed specifically to the assessment-related needs of today's school administrators. The real-world orientation of the book, based on the author's extensive and continuing work in the nation's public schools, makes the book attractive to those instructors who teach assessment courses taken by prospective school administrators. Students (and in-service school administrators) will recognize immediately that this…

Book details

List price: $121.20
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/28/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 416
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English




Why assess; what to assess; and how to interpret what's been assessed



Assessment's significance to educational leaders



What to measure and how to interpret results



How to evaluate educational assessments



Instructional contribution



The validity of assessment-based interpretations



Reliability of assessment devices



Absence of bias



High-quality comparative data



Creating educational assessments



Tying down what's being assessed



Selected-response items



Constructed-response items



Performance and portfolio assessment



Improving test items



Creating affective measures



Using educational tests



Administering educational tests and using the results



Accountability tests : make or break assessments for educational leaders



Statistical concepts needed to evaluate and use educational tests